Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (62^nd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 660 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 313A) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8783 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 9.2 Parallax 7.5 5% 7.7 fps	MRender 0.2 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 10.7 4% 3.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 776 Write 13.7 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 4.4 42% 203 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 7.8 92% 21 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 196 197 198 181 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 128 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 190 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMUA5110ME78HAF-2666 2x8GB 1,816 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 24.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	2x
Core i5-8500Intel $174Bench 82%, 43,089 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	2x
NVS 315NvidiaBench 1%, 482 samples	1x

SSD
MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 182%, 10,890 samples	2x

RAM
CT8G4DFRA32A.C8FP 2x8GBCrucialBench 86%, 1,331 samples	1x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	1x
BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE1 2x8GBCrucialBench 92%, 13,393 samples	1x

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $131

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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