Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.33% 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	111% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0-CF (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190813
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '20 at 20:45
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 (11^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 59.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 75% 141 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 725 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8336 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.33% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 5.31 6% 6.45 fps	MRender 7.62 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 13 8% 8.84 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.33% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 415 434 423 392 387 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 418 Mixed 420 SusWrite 410 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 48.3 161% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 293 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 124GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 100 99 100 99 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 89 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 98.4 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 554GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 148 148 149 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 116 Mixed 65 SusWrite 148 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 9.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 91%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	31x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	30x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	30x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 81%, 84,291 samples	25x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $684

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