Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.9% 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 (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 196 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 394 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E266) 1GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Lighting 12.9 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 15.7 10% 14.2 fps	MRender 14.4 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 16 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2120G 120GB 4,240 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.V SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 152 145 155 159 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 495 Write 196 Mixed 225 SusWrite 155 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 36.2 140% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 115 119% 199 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 89%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 100GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 61 36 40 41 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 51.4 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x4GB 613 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	123x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

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