Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	185% 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 670 74% 581 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 328 329 326 319 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,146 Write 1,151 Mixed 679 SusWrite 345 186% 830 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 46.4 217% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1182 DQ Write 1,213 DQ Mixed 753 688% 1,049 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 236%
WD WD30EURX 3TB-$141 1,455 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 144 145 143 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 143 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FBD2 2x8GB 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29.4 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 98%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

RAM
DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 6,330 samples	35x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	24x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	22x

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $275

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