Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 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 i5-8400-$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)	90% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 729 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Nvidia(10DE 2184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 87 Parallax 76.7 81% 87.6 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 81.1 Splatting 78.1 63% 76.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 463 319 252 250 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 448 Mixed 380 SusWrite 319 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.9 157% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 326 248% 335 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 99%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 114GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 87 87 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 92.5 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 86.8 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 24.2 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 95%

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	114x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	112x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	92x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	127x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $526

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