Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.34% 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	355% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 15:44
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 457 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% 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% ASRock(1849 3E91) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.94 6% 8.92 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2159 2183 2008 1978 1909 1973 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	355% Outstanding	Read 2,609 Write 2,046 Mixed 1,442 SusWrite 2,035 456% 2,033 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 65.4 224% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,394 DQ Write 1,176 DQ Mixed 1,262 952% 1,277 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 355% Great: 393%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 16GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	8.57% Terrible	Read 25 Write 12.3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 13.8 16% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.57% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 29.4 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 151%

UFO

Desktop 102%

UFO

Workstation 150%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	30x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	13x

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,003

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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