Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. 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.
Graphics	4.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 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 (99^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 401 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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)	4.94% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 6 Parallax 6.2 4% 5.8 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 9.3 6% 7.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 107 108 88 88 80 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 460 Write 168 Mixed 191 SusWrite 97.8 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 34.3 146% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 206 165% 237 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 101%
Sandisk Extreme 55AE 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 822GB free Firmware: 3000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 304 Write 304 Mixed 303 229% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 30.5 5,159% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 37.2 696% 117 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 45%
SanDisk SDDR-399 128GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 118GB free, PID cfd2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 38 37 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 34.4 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 36.4 46% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 2.3 133% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 88%

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 (64^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 21.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	1x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1x

SSD
MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 81%, 7,649 samples	1x

RAM
M378A1K43BB1-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,881 samples	1x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $79

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16