Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.3% 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	95.1% 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 as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$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)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 748 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Zotac(19DA 5194) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.3% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 13 Parallax 9.09 8% 10.8 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 9.23 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 1,762 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FT04.9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 101 103 91 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 911 Write 113 Mixed 162 SusWrite 99.6 69% 321 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 34.7 129% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 484 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 43.6 96% 208 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 185%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 476GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 119 120 117 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 120 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.6 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 27.4 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 102%

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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16