Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	58.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300U 59,619 User benchmarks, average bench 40% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	50% Average	Memory 68.2 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 125 53% 88 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 200 25% 191 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsweet PM863 256GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 125 163 168 184 121 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 420 Write 354 Mixed 329 SusWrite 180 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 14.5 74% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 23.1 67% 139 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 81%
TOSHIBA EXTERNAL_USB 2TB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 746GB free, PID 0826 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 76 78 77 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 128 Write 137 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 78.7 116% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5143EB0-CPB M471A5244CB0-CRC 8GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 68%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,242x
Graphics i gfx-driver-ci-master-9938 DCH-IIntelBench 4%, 4 samples	1x

SSD
SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 70%, 12,432 samples	131x
SSDSCKKF256G8H 256GBIntelBench 85%, 2,188 samples	65x
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	38x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	141x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	139x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	70x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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