Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.69% 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	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$174 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 105 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 638 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 845A) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9416 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.69% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 7.4 Parallax 7.3 5% 6.93 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 9.6 7% 8.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.69% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GB 3,914 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10112006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 316 345 308 294 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 622 Write 940 Mixed 605 SusWrite 344 142% 628 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 12.3 42% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 17.8 DQ Mixed 20.2 15% 19.9 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 217%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 785GB free Firmware: AX1R4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 102 104 100 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.5 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 102 61% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 587GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 38 38 36 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 33.5 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 37.1 45% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6J1 16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 23.1 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 86%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	189x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	2x

SSD
MZVLB256HAHQ-000H1 256GBSamsungBench 174%, 20,171 samples	27x
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	20x
SSDPEKNW512G8H 512GBIntelBench 147%, 27,018 samples	19x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	13x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 54,121 samples	11x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 40%, 38,499 samples	10x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $174

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16