Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	283% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8259U 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 73% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 636 68% 540 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1984 833 802 802 808 802 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,275 Write 2,025 Mixed 1,498 SusWrite 1,005 380% 1,701 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 77.3 252% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 1,269 DQ Mixed 1,163 881% 1,174 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4SFS824A.M8FD 2x8GB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 50.2 MC Mixed 26.6 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 20.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

GPU
Iris Plus Graphics 655IntelBench 9%, 8,316 samples	1,601x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	7x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	6x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	75x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $92Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 5,229 samples	61x
HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 5,327 samples	54x
F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 75%, 4,823 samples	35x

Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $43

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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