Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 379 48% 365 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 3.28 3% 4.05 fps	MRender 5.57 Gravity 3.03 Splatting 2.96 3% 3.85 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 88 111 63 49 68 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.5% Average	Read 254 Write 224 Mixed 221 SusWrite 88.3 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 16.4 74% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 189 163% 239 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 85%
QSSDES3105_128GB 128GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 119GB free Firmware: 8B SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 128 125 128 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 316 Write 129 Mixed 156 SusWrite 129 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 20.1 73% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 148 118% 169 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 73%
Samsung HD253GJ 250GB 4,131 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 220GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 124 122 121 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 110 Write 122 Mixed 59 SusWrite 122 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 75%

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 (41^st percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 26%

Raft

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 22%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	193x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	127x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	122x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	43x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	35x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $217

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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