Monster ABRA A5 V13.3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

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

System	Monster ABRA A5 V13.3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Standard Standard
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180806
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '24 at 18:03
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i5-8300H 167,898 User benchmarks, average bench 65% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 186 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 444 47% 374 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Device(1D05 1042) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6911 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	4.85% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 6.3 Parallax 6.1 4% 5.87 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 9.1 6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.85% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MU031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 168 145 144 117 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40% Below average	Read 432 Write 332 Mixed 227 SusWrite 136 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 9.5 49% 12.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 91%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 338GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 84 82 80 78 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 75.2 Write 99.5 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 79 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.1 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4SFS8266.M8FD 1x8GB 1,339 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 10.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	15.5"	1280 720	AUO61ED

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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System: Monster ABRA A5 V13.3

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	65x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	48x

SSD
SU800NS38 256GBAdataBench 86%, 10,211 samples	23x
SSDSCKKW256G8 256GBIntelBench 90%, 4,898 samples	16x
SU650 480GBAdata $89Bench 69%, 17,796 samples	9x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	35x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	10x
CT8G4SFS8266.M8FD 1x8GBCrucialBench 40%, 1,339 samples	7x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16