Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 731 77% 614 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2292 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 66.4 63% 72.7 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 76 63% 77 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 256 250 243 243 229 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 466 Mixed 376 SusWrite 265 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 65 224% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 353 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 725GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 178 178 178 180 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 126 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 178 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 2x8GB 4,728 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $954

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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