Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	16.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	249% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 06:41
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 716 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 20.1 13% 22.1 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 33.1 22% 25.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 634 308 321 315 321 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,248 Write 1,475 Mixed 1,068 SusWrite 369 285% 1,290 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 80.3 280% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 1290 DQ Mixed 992 787% 1,082 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 527GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 158 159 160 159 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 151 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 160 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 11 12 11 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 112 Write 17.4 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 11.4 32% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 41% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	537x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	427x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

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