Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82% 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	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 above expectations (77^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)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 196 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 423 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.6.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 49.6 Parallax 52.2 0% 34 fps	MRender 50.1 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 166 162 160 159 163 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 444 Write 416 Mixed 266 SusWrite 167 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 37.6 129% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 218 190% 283 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 310GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 92 93 93 92 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 91.5 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$50 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 58GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 71 78 78 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 76.4 Write 41 Mixed 43.1 SusWrite 76.4 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 10,361 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 46%

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

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	138x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

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