Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$120 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 498 58% 450 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.4% Good	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 74.8 71% 81.2 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 72.3 65% 81.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 864GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 934 1096 1059 971 984 983 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,005 Write 941 Mixed 779 SusWrite 1,004 210% 932 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 43.4 144% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 749 DQ Mixed 272 327% 567 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 295%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 192 188 181 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 151 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 187 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 370GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 62.5 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 66.4 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.6% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 94%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	219x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 8,909 samples	184x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	134x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $320

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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