Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-00xx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 843B
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180802
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 15:45
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 598 70% 545 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 89%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 936GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 87 96 94 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 62.3 Write 46.7 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 85.7 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43TB1-CTD 1x8GB 2,717 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 14.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

SSD
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	157x
hynix BC501 HFM128GDJTNG-8310A 128GBSKBench 111%, 2,891 samples	112x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 152%, 17,295 samples	88x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	158x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 44%, 10,608 samples	148x
M378A1G43TB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,717 samples	145x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $232

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