Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (71^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 675 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 8E99) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 90.8 84% 93.4 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 74 Splatting 66.6 60% 75.1 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,487 Write 1,046 Mixed 735 240% 1,089 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 43.7 153% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 606 DQ Write 61.2 DQ Mixed 91.8 128% 253 MB/s
Poor: 103% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 307GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 117 116 117 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 123 Write 143 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 116 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.7 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 25.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	28x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	46x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 17,908 samples	44x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	31x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $395

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16