Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	213% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B22
Motherboard	MSI H370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B22) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180224
Uptime	62.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 11:04
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 604 69% 537 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 032E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 14 Parallax 24.3 20% 21.2 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 18.3 14% 17.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 794 640 640 641 630 634 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,583 Write 1,640 Mixed 801 SusWrite 663 262% 1,172 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.9 197% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,095 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 843 698% 1,002 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 254%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 175 177 176 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 176 Mixed 93 SusWrite 176 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 19.8 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	41x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	17x

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $631

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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