Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.5% 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 (88^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 408 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1216 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.8.2 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 29.3 19% 27.1 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 30.7 23% 27.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB 2,061 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: FSTAN103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 316 326 322 320 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 425 Write 395 Mixed 384 SusWrite 318 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 33.7 107% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 294 223% 301 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 150GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 107 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 96 96 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 124 Write 98.4 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 94.9 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GB 6,175 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	21x
Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 7,794 samples	17x
M378A1G43EB1-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 3,609 samples	12x

Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $154

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