Intel NUC9i7QNB

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.02% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	163% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Intel(R) NUC9i7QNX
Motherboard	Intel NUC9i7QNB (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 09:58
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9750H 328,182 User benchmarks, average bench 73% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 67.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 79% 146 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 766 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 991 61% 991 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 506,702 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Intel(8086 2089) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 8.9 Parallax 8.6 5% 7.93 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 13.2 8% 8.9 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1257 391 391 392 393 394 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 615 Write 1,557 Mixed 678 SusWrite 536 193% 846 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 65.4 217% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 748 DQ Mixed 864 643% 856 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 302%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C16 1x16GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 8.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Intel NUC9i7QNB

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	332x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	72x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	63x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	48x

SSD
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	30x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	21x

RAM
16ATF2G64HZ-3G2E1 2x16GBMicronBench 90%, 135 samples	21x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 79%, 9,568 samples	11x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	11x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $74

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16