Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	171% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$114 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 634 69% 544 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.6% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 60.5 50% 63.2 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 53.4 48% 60 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB 6,098 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10190101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 980 787 708 427 439 484 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,162 Write 1,337 Mixed 1,041 SusWrite 637 235% 1,044 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 42.1 135% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1120 DQ Write 850 DQ Mixed 948 719% 973 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 264%
WD WD6400AADS-00M2B0 640GB 1,496 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 364GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 89 84 89 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 88.1 Write 90.3 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 86.3 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMUA5110ME78HAF-2666 Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 75%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 27%

Raft

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	18x

SSD
PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GBWDCBench 194%, 6,098 samples	10x

RAM
RMUA5110ME78HAF-2666 Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB 16GBRamaxelBench 73%, 5 samples	5x
RMUA5110ME78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 43%, 3,978 samples	4x
M378A1K43BB1-CPB Hynix HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 16GBSamsungBench 59%, 9 samples	2x

Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $173

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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