Samsung 730QAA

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.44% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 88% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Samsung 730QAA (all builds)
Motherboard	SAMSUNG NP730QAA-K01US
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 05:23
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 61.6 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 178 61% 109 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 434 40% 333 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sanyo(144D C165) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.5044 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.44% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.59 6% 8.77 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 15.3 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.44% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix-HFS256G39TNF-N3A 256GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 264 244 239 244 240 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 367 Write 332 Mixed 326 SusWrite 262 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 18.4 76% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 330 254% 345 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung K4E6E304EB-EGCG 2x4GB 8,887 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 19 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical 730QAA Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Samsung 730QAA

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	9x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	9x

SSD
MZNLN512HAJQ-000 512GBSamsungBench 97%, 81 samples	5x
hynix-HFS256G39TNF-N3A 256GBSKBench 83%, 38 samples	2x
CV3-8D256 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 4,538 samples	1x

RAM
K4E6E304EB-EGCG 2x4GBSamsungBench 62%, 8,887 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16