Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	145% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 73.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 715 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 294 304 276 271 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,267 Write 1,116 Mixed 488 SusWrite 302 176% 793 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 39 154% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 815 DQ Write 486 DQ Mixed 656 487% 652 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 280%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 582GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 106 105 105 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 114 Write 98.9 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 107 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 65%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 343GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 59 57 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 58.2 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 59.8 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 28.1 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 29.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 93.2 43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 109%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	690x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

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