Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.41% 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	276% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 731 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.4% 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% MSI(1462 7B24) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.41% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 7.03 6% 8.13 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 14 8% 9.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2168 845 787 792 789 789 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 1,911 Write 2,276 Mixed 1,367 SusWrite 1,028 370% 1,645 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 76 260% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,350 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 1,318 975% 1,285 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 355%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 157GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 277 276 275 275 275 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 446 Mixed 393 SusWrite 294 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 52 174% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 229 205% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 699GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 95 94 95 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 89.8 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 94 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GB 8,909 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.2% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	221x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 8,909 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	134x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $320

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