Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.77% 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	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 739 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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% Elitegroup(1019 A45D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4944 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.77% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 7.56 6% 8.33 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 15 8% 9.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.77% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 170 215 126 109 76 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 891 Write 565 Mixed 593 SusWrite 197 125% 561 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 52.6 192% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 53.1 50% 74.7 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 157%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 119 120 118 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 101 Write 80.6 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 118 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 987GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 123 122 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 122 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 1x8GB 22,600 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 11.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	4x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	3x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 47%, 22,284 samples	1x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	2x
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $180Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	1x
INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GBNvmeBench 129%, 159 samples	1x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 22,600 samples	2x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 16GBSamsungBench 72%, 127 samples	1x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	1x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $180

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16