Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 20:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (43^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 60.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 74% 139 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 703 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 75.9 70% 79.5 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 69.4 67% 84.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0831C0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 475 Write 388 Mixed 24.5 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 1.1 44% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 73.3 DQ Write 52.7 DQ Mixed 21.4 27% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 70GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 165 170 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 162 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 168 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 765GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 168 172 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 150 Mixed 87 SusWrite 169 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 101%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	121x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,035

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16