Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (79^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% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 428 56% 424 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4279 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	3.08% Terrible	Lighting 5.73 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 5.25 5% 6.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.08% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 158 Write 154 Mixed 146 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 926GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 74 128% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 4.27 4K Mixed 0.4 164% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 1x4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 11.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,239x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	230x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	195x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	122x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	97x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	89x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	341x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	315x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	152x

Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

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