Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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 as expected (49^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 (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 543 66% 507 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 44.1 Parallax 39.8 38% 43.3 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.8 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 362 Write 152 Mixed 161 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28 132% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 190 155% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 7GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 121 117 118 121 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 110 Write 87.2 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 118 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 66 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID a102 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 40 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 40 45% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 37% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB 32,519 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 11.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 12.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

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