Intel NUC8i7INB

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.9% 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	252% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 90% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Intel(R) NUC8i7INH
Motherboard	Intel NUC8i7INB (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211206
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '22 at 17:29
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8565U 81,207 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 104 2-Core 234 74% 137 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 598 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Radeont 540X 61 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Intel(8086 2079) 2GB CLim: 1211 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.30.24 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.2 Reflection 22 Parallax 20.2 12% 18.8 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 15.7 Splatting 17.1 12% 14.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 859GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1565 1629 1654 1658 1725 1736 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,361 Write 1,781 Mixed 1,538 SusWrite 1,661 359% 1,585 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 63.4 208% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 941 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 551 447% 647 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 365%
WDC WDS100T1R0A-68A4W0 1TB 564 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 489GB free Firmware: 411000WR SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 410 420 420 432 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 366 Mixed 266 SusWrite 419 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 44 147% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 148 161% 272 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung K4E6E304EC-EGCG 2x4GB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 20.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: Intel NUC8i7INB

CPU
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	13x

GPU
540XRadeontBench 12%, 61 samples	12x
Radeon 540XAMDBench 10%, 266 samples	1x

SSD
SSDSCKKW256G8 256GBIntelBench 90%, 4,898 samples	4x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	3x
SSD Plus 480GBSanDisk $45Bench 53%, 16,752 samples	1x

RAM
K4E6E304EC-EGCG 2x4GBSamsungBench 68%, 8,402 samples	13x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16