Intel NUC8i5BESB

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Intel(R) NUC8i5BEHS
Motherboard	Intel NUC8i5BESB (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	45 Days
Run Date	May 09 '24 at 15:47
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8260U 73 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 184 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 489 52% 417 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 87 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Intel(8086 2074) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	4.74% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 7.3 Parallax 7.4 5% 7 fps	MRender 9.6 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 0.3 4% 5.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.74% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC401 SATA 256GB 2,615 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000121 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 148 146 143 135 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	60% Above average	Read 355 Write 367 Mixed 346 SusWrite 164 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 24.8 74% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 259 200% 270 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-SD4-2666 2x8GB 2,045 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	55	60	21.5"	1280 720	VSCB330 VA2265 SERIES

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Intel NUC8i5BESB

CPU
Core i5-8260UIntelBench 74%, 73 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 87 samples	30x

SSD
BX500 120GBCrucial $15Bench 55%, 37,154 samples	3x
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $99Bench 200%, 52,084 samples	3x
HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBBench 121%, 26,870 samples	2x

RAM
859B CT32G4SFD8266.C16FF 39GBUnknownBench 58%, 4 samples	4x
9905711-032.A00G 1x8GBKingstonBench 36%, 439 samples	2x
CT16G4SFRA266.C8FB 1x16GBCrucialBench 40%, 294 samples	2x

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Value: 17% - Very poor

Total price: $15

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $39	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