Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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	3.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 below expectations (32^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 450 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 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) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9316 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 6.7 Parallax 7.6 5% 6.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 169 162 182 179 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 942 Write 166 Mixed 268 SusWrite 170 84% 387 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 26.6 84% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 185 176% 286 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 185%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 60GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 94 93 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 75 Write 72.1 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 92.1 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 68%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 99 96 98 100 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 65.4 Mixed 58 SusWrite 96.3 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 7.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 111%

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	48x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	38x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	27x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $541

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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