Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.2% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 724 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 66.8 61% 73 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 72.8 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 283 277 247 217 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 219 Mixed 161 SusWrite 258 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 35.4 148% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 112 115% 191 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 116 119 120 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 118 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 118 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 76%

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 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 23 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 57%

Gunboat

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 49%

Yacht

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	23x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	55x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x

Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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