Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (62^nd 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 401 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 30D9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.66% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 4.3 Parallax 5.4 4% 4.97 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 8.8 6% 6.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.66% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 101 85 82 17 19 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.8% Above average	Read 233 Write 99.5 Mixed 213 SusWrite 64.1 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 25.5 106% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 163 130% 178 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 412GB free Firmware: 0706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 39.3 Mixed 35.1 SusWrite 41.4 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 66%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 230GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 75 79 80 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 79.2 120% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 46% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB 1x8GB 7,085 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 41%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel $71Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	12x
Core i5-6400TIntelBench 61%, 8,631 samples	1x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	10x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	1x
Quadro K1200NvidiaBench 13%, 4,005 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
M378A1K43BB1-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 7,085 samples	7x
CT8G4DFRA266.C8FB 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 304 samples	3x
GR2400D464L17S/8G 2x8GBGoodramBench 75%, 576 samples	2x

Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $99

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