Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 (97^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 423 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7B48) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	4.74% Terrible	Lighting 7.17 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 6.91 6% 7.73 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 0 3% 3.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.74% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 348 Mixed 134 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 30.8 121% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 89 113% 201 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3160215AS 160GB-$32 6,007 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 36GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3764 Write 11.3 Mixed 55.5 914% 1,277 MB/s	4K Read 598 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.1 25,052% 200 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 41%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 853GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 125 127 127 127 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 123 Write 121 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 128 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

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