Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	222% 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	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 above expectations (84^th 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 (100^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 463 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% 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% Legend(17AA 36EB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6912 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.21% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.34 0% 6.24 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 0.09 3% 4.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 256GB 10,890 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0L2QEXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 313 311 308 311 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1728 Write 1,297 Mixed 919 SusWrite 344 238% 1,072 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 77 259% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1,312 DQ Mixed 1,018 804% 1,103 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 247%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 770GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 132 132 132 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 82.7 Write 115 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 130 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 174% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 71%
Intenso Alu Line 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 16GB free, PID 8005 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 5.8 4.2 4.3 5.4 3.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.05% Terrible	Read 1.5 Write 2.2 Mixed 1 SusWrite 4.6 3% 2.32 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.05% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 1x8GB 5,207 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 11.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Pentium Gold G5400Intel $55Bench 62%, 15,354 samples	2x
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	2x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	2x

SSD
SD8SB8U128G1001 128GBSandiskBench 72%, 1,067 samples	2x
SAMSUNG MZVLB256 256GBNvmeBench 200%, 3,384 samples	1x
MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 182%, 10,890 samples	1x

RAM
M378A5143TB2-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 176 samples	2x
RMUA5090KB78HAF2133 2x8GBRamaxelBench 68%, 520 samples	1x
CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBD2 2x4GBCrucialBench 72%, 2,292 samples	1x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $156

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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