PC Pulsar Elite

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	PC Pulsar Elite (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190104
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 02:46
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 743 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2290 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 55.8 60% 67.2 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 76.3 63% 77.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 116 128 126 123 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 124 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 113%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 6,353 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 114GB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 93 98 92 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 124 Write 112 Mixed 70 SusWrite 97.3 133% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 163% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 57%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 4.3 5 5.8 4.5 6 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	9.89% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 4.3 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 6 10% 9.27 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.4 147% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.89% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C15K4 2x8GB 5,197 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.8 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 26.9 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 99%

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

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Workstation 59%

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System: PC Pulsar Elite

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	33x
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	30x
Core i5-9400FIntel $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	27x
GTX 1660Nvidia $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	17x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	13x

SSD
PCS PCIe M.2 SSD 256GB256gbBench 143%, 1,971 samples	14x
PCS PCIe M.2 SSD 512GB512gbBench 185%, 4,059 samples	11x
XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBAdataBench 177%, 12,504 samples	8x

RAM
CM4X8GF2400Z16K4 2x8GBCorsairBench 73%, 4,992 samples	16x
CM4X8GF2400Z16K4 1x8GBCorsairBench 41%, 959 samples	10x
CM4X16GE2400Z16K4 1x16GBCorsairBench 44%, 661 samples	10x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16