Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 as expected (40^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 77.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 695 74% 588 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 91 Parallax 84 82% 92 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 78.5 72% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 76 74 86 68 57 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.6% Below average	Read 224 Write 230 Mixed 199 SusWrite 84.5 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 15.8 65% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 96.4 69% 90.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 251GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 157 159 155 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 183 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 157 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 11 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 47%

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	48x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	38x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	27x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $541

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