Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 685 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 730B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	4.89% Terrible	Lighting 5.87 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 7.56 5% 6.78 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 7.22 5% 6.02 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.89% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8200PNP 256GB 1,186 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: 906B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 623 503 316 250 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 689 Write 657 Mixed 626 SusWrite 430 135% 601 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 63.3 217% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 819 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 480 403% 593 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 255%
Toshiba DT01ABA100V 1TB 5,116 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 931GB free Firmware: MU2OA720 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 157 157 158 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 151 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 156 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 12 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 30%

Raft

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 25%

Raft

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	103x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	54x
MTFDBAK128MAG-1G1 128GBCrucialBench 38%, 1,036 samples	32x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	37x

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16