Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	105% 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 way above expectations (90^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-$71 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 191 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 365 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AST280 240GB 1,219 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190505 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 434 414 248 226 225 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 442 Mixed 421 SusWrite 320 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 48 177% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 277 204% 268 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 739GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 186 185 187 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 180 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 186 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 1x8GB 4,218 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBIntel $98Bench 98%, 11,843 samples	42x
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	9x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x

RAM
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 39%, 475 samples	36x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 22,600 samples	33x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	20x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $242

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16