Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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 Drive	87.7% 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	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 (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 395 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 156 Parallax 148 124% 152 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 147 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 87 88 92 75 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 508 Write 450 Mixed 353 SusWrite 102 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 40.9 154% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 175 167% 263 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 342GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 143 145 146 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 107 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 146 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 549GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 113 116 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 143 Write 142 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 115 135% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 1x8GB 885 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.3 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	106x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	74x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	65x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	116x
Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 37%, 8,300 samples	78x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	68x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $242

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