Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	1.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$175 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 750 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304A) 1GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.1% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.58 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 409 380 288 290 287 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 439 Write 420 Mixed 400 SusWrite 344 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 29.8 96% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 55.1 DQ Write 54.6 DQ Mixed 54.4 41% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 128%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 196 200 194 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 145 Mixed 90 SusWrite 193 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.7 326% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSEK.8FD 1x8GB 319 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 11.9 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	423x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	116x

RAM
78.C1GQB.4032B 2x8GBApacerBench 73%, 1,714 samples	298x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples	264x
DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 83%, 9,905 samples	67x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $378

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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