Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.7% 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 (71^st 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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 426 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.53% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 6.97 5% 7.61 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 0.04 3% 4.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.53% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 91 93 92 92 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 480 Write 439 Mixed 360 SusWrite 129 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 45.9 177% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 134 109% 159 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 115%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 621GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 125 126 125 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 126 64% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 87%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 253GB free Firmware: GN001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 72.2 Write 69 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 71.2 42% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 1x8GB 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	51x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $333

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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