Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.88% 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	303% 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.

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$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 (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 728 77% 614 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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% MSI(1462 7B54) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7158 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.32 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 14.8 9% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 639 632 624 626 628 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,366 Write 1,796 Mixed 1,526 SusWrite 671 354% 1,590 MB/s	4K Read 69.8 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 95.4 328% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,581 DQ Write 1,398 DQ Mixed 1,468 1,106% 1,482 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 296%
Nvme KXG5AZNV256G TOS 256GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 215GB free Firmware: 5104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 333 334 333 330 334 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1926 Write 389 Mixed 1,169 SusWrite 374 212% 965 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 76.6 273% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 950 DQ Mixed 622 534% 777 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 200%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 527GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 121 118 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 123 Write 123 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 120 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 2x8GB 7,618 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 27.1 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 29.8 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 94%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	72x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	55x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	50x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $354

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