Apple Macmini8,1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemApple Macmini8,1  (all builds)
MotherboardApple Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200513
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 21 '20 at 20:03
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8500B
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 130
2-Core 257
89% 159 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 756
76% 615 Pts
64-Core 754
47% 754 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 93%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Apple(106B 0207) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.5% Terrible
Lighting 7.63
Reflection 11
Parallax 8.25
6% 8.97 fps
MRender 12.6
Gravity 7.07
Splatting 15.6
10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.5%
Great: 6%
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.4.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
Lighting 111
Reflection 96.2
Parallax 191
91% 133 fps
MRender 86.4
Gravity 107
Splatting 134
92% 109 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Envoy 2012 121GB
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 214 205 217 213 207 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
46.7% Average
Read 321
Write 246
Mixed 219
SusWrite 213
56% 250 MB/s
4K Read 11.8
4K Write 24.1
4K Mixed 15.2
50% 17 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 111
85% 115 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 46.7%
Great: 62%
Kingston DT microDuo 3C 32GB
0GB free, PID 16ae
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 99.7
Write 31.7
Mixed 45.3
63% 58.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
4% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 25%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
MC Read 34.6
MC Write 34.8
MC Mixed 25
90% 31.5 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 26.8
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 164%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Macmini8,1 Builds (Compare 91 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Apple Macmini8,1

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