Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.8% 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	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 176 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 376 46% 353 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.8% Below average	Lighting 54.1 Reflection 64 Parallax 56.6 44% 58.2 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 0.2 29% 40.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 27 22 21 38 117 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.1% Above average	Read 192 Write 29 Mixed 6 SusWrite 52.4 15% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 41.8 90% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 112 138% 242 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 186 186 191 192 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 160 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 188 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 14GB free, PID 09c2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 11 11 11 12 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 16.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 10.8 20% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 2x8GB 3,107 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 80%

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 $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