Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	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 (59^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 415 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 69.3 55% 69.4 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 55.8 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 55 80 87 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 144 Write 141 Mixed 76 SusWrite 71.8 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$124 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB free Firmware: RT17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 167 165 166 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 100 Write 115 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 166 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.7 268% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 666GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 37 38 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.4% Very poor	Read 42.1 Write 37.2 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 37.5 51% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.4% Good	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 19.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	104x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	90x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	77x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $540