Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 17:40
Run Duration	62 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 668 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 89%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 595GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 33731810 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 105 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17460130 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 572588066 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 110 (C2) HDA temperature 34 9 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 33731810 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -41540923686511 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3222404466 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3847189218	85.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 141 Mixed 123 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB 1,882 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.4% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 10.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	337x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $846

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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