Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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 (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 198 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 425 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 14,286 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 838A) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.16% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 6 Parallax 4.34 4% 5.14 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 3.61 4% 5.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.16% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 276 277 277 282 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 418 Mixed 345 SusWrite 293 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.4 208% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 316 238% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 143 145 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 127 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 143 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 96%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 810GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 112 112 110 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 102 Write 86.8 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 109 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	78x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x

SSD
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	36x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	27x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	33x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x

Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $231

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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