Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (56^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 661 71% 565 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 85% 107 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 96 Splatting 86.8 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 174 162 156 149 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 480 Write 196 Mixed 231 SusWrite 168 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 32.8 130% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 187 164% 249 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	252x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples	162x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	149x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,024

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