Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 71 1-Core 108 2-Core 198 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 601 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 333 329 329 327 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 375 Write 332 Mixed 330 SusWrite 325 77% 340 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 23.8 81% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 287 234% 334 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 123%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 109 107 108 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 111 Write 105 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 107 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GB 122,420 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	40.2% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 99.1 40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	1,599x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	365x
HD Graphics 610IntelBench 2%, 9,913 samples	123x

SSD
MZNLN256HAJQ-000H1 256GBSamsungBench 84%, 4,927 samples	64x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x
SD9SN8W-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 76%, 2,721 samples	42x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	239x
AO1L16BC4R1-BX7S 1x4GBAdataBench 22%, 928 samples	174x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	167x

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