Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.84% 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	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 465 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 838C) 1GB CLim: 910 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.84% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 13 Parallax 9.31 9% 11.1 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 15 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.84% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 124 76 122 117 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 446 Write 329 Mixed 302 SusWrite 123 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 19.6 70% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 44.1 49% 82.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 55%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 6,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 12GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	8.07% Terrible	Read 37.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 7 SusWrite 4.4 13% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.07% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 8,300 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	72x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	55x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	50x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16