Intel NUC9i7QNB

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	220% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Intel(R) NUC9i7QNX
Motherboard	Intel NUC9i7QNB (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '22 at 11:02
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 227 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 710 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 881 54% 881 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 881D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 121 Parallax 127 110% 128 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 105 Splatting 90 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 860 838 845 843 829 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,982 Write 1,902 Mixed 1,518 SusWrite 858 351% 1565 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 59.5 196% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 488 DQ Mixed 646 474% 628 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFRA266.C16FR 1x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 13.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 49%

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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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Gaming 14%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Intel NUC9i7QNB

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	334x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	72x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	64x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	48x

SSD
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	30x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $159Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $88

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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