Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	153% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 723 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(1642 3F86) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.50 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Lighting 8.97 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 9.19 7% 8.67 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 7.17 7% 8.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Jamesdonkey JD256 256GB 596 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: JD2019 SusWrite @10s intervals: 842 197 148 158 161 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,200 Write 812 Mixed 765 SusWrite 278 170% 764 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 42.2 186% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 674 DQ Mixed 482 426% 640 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 224%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 187 187 186 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 175 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 186 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 2GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 2.8 3.7 4 3.9 3.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 33.4 Write 7.3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.6 12% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.1 135% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43DB2-CTD M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 25.5 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	1x

SSD
PCIe 240GBIntensoBench 159%, 140 samples	1x

RAM
M378A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 37%, 2,458 samples	1x

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $131

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