Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170307
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 16:56
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 353 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6194 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	2.71% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 6.94 0% 5.35 fps	MRender 6.95 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 13.9 8% 9.04 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.71% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 180 179 175 174 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 236 Mixed 241 SusWrite 177 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 47.4 167% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 221 180% 259 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 98%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 712GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 164 165 164 164 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 153 Mixed 102 SusWrite 164 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 80%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	31x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	32x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $323

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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