Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.1% 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	132% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 599 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Device(1642 1725) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1069 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.45.40.14 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 23.9 Parallax 23.9 13% 21.2 fps	MRender 22.7 Gravity 18.4 Splatting 20 17% 20.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 25%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 258 178 170 146 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,102 Write 406 Mixed 457 SusWrite 191 118% 539 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 52 169% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 420 341% 491 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 294%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC M471A2K43CB1-CTD 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2667 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 82%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 26%

Raft

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1x

GPU
RX 560AMD $500Bench 22%, 60,738 samples	1x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 225%, 6,967 samples	1x

RAM
M471A2K43BB1-CRC M471A2K43CB1-CTD 32GBSamsungBench 69%, 20 samples	1x

Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $700

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16