Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$85 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 598 69% 540 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 143 Parallax 134 109% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 120 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 46 35 140 106 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 443 Write 369 Mixed 315 SusWrite 108 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 19.6 75% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 31 32% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 374GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 159 159 157 158 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 153 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 158 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GE2666C16K8 2x8GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 30 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 27.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

SSD
WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GBWDCBench 45%, 85,321 samples	47x
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial $45Bench 166%, 55,360 samples	4x
M500 120GBCrucial $75Bench 66%, 15,430 samples	3x

RAM
CT8G4DFS8266.M8FD 2x8GBCrucialBench 80%, 5,285 samples	23x
CT8G4DFRA32A.C4FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 72%, 1,012 samples	9x
CT8G4DFS8266.M8FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,016 samples	8x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $373

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16