Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.39% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.9% 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 as expected (54^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 212 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 418 52% 399 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(0000 0000) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.39% Terrible	Lighting 4.17 Reflection 4.73 Parallax 3.56 3% 4.15 fps	MRender 5.33 Gravity 4.43 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.28 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.39% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 59 55 58 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 429 Write 315 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 75.8 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 20.5 78% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 27.7 DQ Mixed 17.6 15% 22 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 904GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 164 167 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 164 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 165 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 35%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 950Nvidia $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples	31x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	24x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	10x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $207

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