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 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	99.2% 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	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)	77.4% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 202 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 388 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AST280 240GB 1,219 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190505 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 263 204 224 181 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 427 Mixed 426 SusWrite 237 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 47.9 175% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 274 203% 268 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 739GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 187 181 187 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 179 Mixed 73 SusWrite 185 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% 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)	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.1% 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