Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.3% 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	82.9% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$129 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 705 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 0B04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.10.01.03 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 16.1 Reflection 26.9 Parallax 21.3 13% 21.4 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 16.7 Splatting 20 17% 20.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 500GB 500GB 799 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW201219 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 360 345 360 361 365 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 456 Write 368 Mixed 336 SusWrite 354 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 13.7 116% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 20.3 73% 160 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MD401GNSE-CB3M2 00 1x8GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 12.1 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	83x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	52x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	30x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	26x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x
9905625-004.A03LF 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 170 samples	9x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $105

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16