Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 way above expectations (91^st 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-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 370 49% 365 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 71%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TY256HDHP-000L1 256GB 2,045 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT03L0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,094 Write 40.1 Mixed 67.8 360% 1734 MB/s	4K Read 522 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 3.8 797% 176 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 113%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 262GB free Firmware: X61130WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 447 Write 410 Mixed 355 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 37.1 123% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 276 220% 309 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 191 189 193 168 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB 2x8GB 6,881 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 20.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	47x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	4x

SSD
MZ7TY256HDHP-000L1 256GBSamsungBench 90%, 2,045 samples	24x
LCH-256V2S 256GBLiteonBench 78%, 2,710 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
M378A1K43BB1-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 7,085 samples	16x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 16,202 samples	7x
M378A1K43BB1-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,881 samples	2x

Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $196