Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.52% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	214% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 742 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 8A9E) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.52% Terrible	Lighting 9.47 Reflection 8.92 Parallax 11.2 8% 9.87 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 12.4 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.52% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme E12-512G-PHISON- 512GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12A1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1186 431 323 274 215 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1805 Write 1,964 Mixed 1373 SusWrite 441 313% 1,396 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 53.1 181% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,381 DQ Write 1,268 DQ Mixed 1,142 907% 1,264 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 218%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 293 295 296 296 295 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 418 Mixed 380 SusWrite 312 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 49.9 166% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 330 249% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 416 416 419 417 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 416 Mixed 380 SusWrite 417 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 41.7 142% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 331 249% 334 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 24.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 21.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-9400Intel $161Bench 86%, 22,187 samples	29x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 65,338 samples	8x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x

SSD
E12-512G-PHISON-SSD-B3-BB1 512GBBench 168%, 889 samples	11x
E12-512G-PHISON- 512GBNvmeBench 183%, 208 samples	8x
Fanxiang S660 50 500GBNvmeBench 331%, 19 samples	2x

RAM
9905702-017.A00G 99U5713-001.A00G 12GBKingstonBench 57%, 94 samples	12x
CT16G4DFRA266.C8FE 2x16GBCrucialBench 79%, 627 samples	6x
CT16G4DFRA266.C8FE 1x16GBCrucialBench 45%, 875 samples	5x

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $161

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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