Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.64% 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	188% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8300-$79 2,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 464 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 312A) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6519 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 9.7 Parallax 8 6% 8.27 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7 Splatting 11.9 8% 9.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 256GB 6,246 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11110101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 459 465 491 473 492 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,716 Write 1,677 Mixed 1014 SusWrite 503 274% 1,228 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 54.6 200% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 717 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 450 379% 555 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 228%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 1,913 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 5.3 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 3.4 11% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 29,586 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 24.1 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 96%

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

CPU
Core i3-8300Intel $79Bench 80%, 2,273 samples	2x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	2x

SSD
PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 256GBWDCBench 164%, 6,246 samples	2x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	2x

Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $79

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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