Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.31% 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	237% 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 775 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 920 57% 920 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 520 296 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Device(1642 1871) 2GB CLim: 905 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 7.8 Parallax 10 5% 8.13 fps	MRender 7.8 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 5.4 5% 6.47 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
VTP512GSSD4 512GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0513A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 1427 1467 1540 1542 1544 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,801 Write 1,543 Mixed 1,196 SusWrite 1,478 338% 1,505 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 29.1 141% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 802 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 563 468% 677 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 234%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A2K43DB1-CTD M378A1K43BB1-CPB 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2133, 2667, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.4 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 69%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	4x

GPU
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples	3x
Radeon 520AMDBench 6%, 296 samples	1x

SSD
VTP512GSSD4 512GBBench 153%, 18 samples	4x

RAM
M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A2K43DB1-CTD M378A1K43BB1-CPB 32GBSamsungBench 61%, 4 samples	4x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $186

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