Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 722 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK256GCS8 SATA 256GB 1,249 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8DA4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 118 111 110 99 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 398 Write 245 Mixed 202 SusWrite 120 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 31.7 115% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 85.1 105% 193 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 83%
Toshiba THNSNK256GCS8 SATA 256GB 62GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 471 470 471 472 471 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 400 Write 462 Mixed 326 SusWrite 468 94% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 35.9 131% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 303 227% 303 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 771GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 152 146 148 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 112 Write 80 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 149 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/4G 16GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 99%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	28x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	46x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 17,908 samples	43x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	31x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $395

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