Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.65% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	150% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 714 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6169 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.65% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 7.25 5% 7.98 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 14.7 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.65% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 425 437 437 438 440 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 594 Write 594 Mixed 579 SusWrite 446 125% 553 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 61.7 207% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 722 DQ Mixed 805 596% 788 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 228%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 179GB free Firmware: UF450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 76 130 97 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 412 Write 332 Mixed 251 SusWrite 124 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 13.8 59% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 40.2 47% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBD2 2x8GB 554 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	1x

SSD
WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TBWDCBench 96%, 39,874 samples	1x

RAM
CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 76%, 554 samples	1x

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $131

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