Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 421 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06BB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.9% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 6.19 6% 7.15 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 0 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.9% Great: 6%
AMD Radeon R5 340X 2,285 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0083) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	4.64% Terrible	Lighting 5.87 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 10.9 5% 7.19 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 8.43 Splatting 3.83 4% 5.48 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 282 101 135 91 170 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 485 Write 413 Mixed 343 SusWrite 199 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 40.2 144% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 190 171% 260 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 433GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 171 170 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 161 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 171 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 7,869 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,874x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	122x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	160x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	122x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $95

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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