Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 414 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.8% Average	Lighting 54.9 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 53.9 45% 56.4 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 53.6 Splatting 50.1 45% 55.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 479 Write 449 Mixed 389 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 57.7 196% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 446GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 70 71 71 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 63.7 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 68.5 49% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 67%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB 18,166 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 613GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 84 86 87 85 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 123 Write 26.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 84.5 49% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 76%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 34 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 34 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 34.6 46% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 4.6 310% 5.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 1x8GB 2,477 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.1 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.5 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	54x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	36x

Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $317

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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