Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 256 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 742 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1594 MHz, MLim: 1964 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 67.5 61% 70.5 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 61.4 57% 71 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 474 Mixed 314 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 51.4 182% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 174 177% 286 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 172GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 99 96 99 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 83.5 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 98.3 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FBD 1x8GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2746 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	343x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	142x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $602

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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