Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.4% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 438 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.4% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.59 6% 8.77 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 15.4 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 456 468 431 384 387 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 426 Mixed 412 SusWrite 426 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.7 194% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 268 215% 303 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 145 151 150 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 147 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 149 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31000524NS 45W8867 59Y1812IBM 1TB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 931GB free Firmware: BB28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 126 105 49 120 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 39.3 Write 39.9 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 82 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	138x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

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