Apple Macmini8,1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
SystemApple Macmini8,1  (all builds)
MotherboardApple Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20211116
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 07 '22 at 07:50
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 87.4
1-Core 125
2-Core 250
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 470
8-Core 731
74% 600 Pts
64-Core 726
45% 726 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.29
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 182
Parallax 183
138% 178 fps
MRender 133
Gravity 175
Splatting 126
117% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PSSD T7 1TB
831GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 562 566 565 578 561 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Read 452
Write 536
Mixed 494
SusWrite 568
116% 512 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 23.1
4K Mixed 16.6
55% 18 MB/s
DQ Read 190
DQ Write 203
DQ Mixed 205
152% 200 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 96%
Kingston DT 101 G2 8GB
7GB free, PID 6545
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.6 5.3 6.8 6.8 6.8 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
6.42% Terrible
Read 16.8
Write 6.5
Mixed 6.7
SusWrite 5.4
10% 8.85 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.8
63% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.42%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E3 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 35.7
MC Mixed 25.3
90% 31.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 36.5
SC Mixed 26.5
77% 27.1 GB/s
Latency 70.2
57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 88%

 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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