Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (69^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 421 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 38.1 35% 41.5 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 112 128 126 120 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 172 Write 161 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 108 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR11 2x4GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

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 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	58x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	57x
PSD44G213381 2x4GBPatriotBench 71%, 1,250 samples	48x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $368

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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