Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 426 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 8054) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7757 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.3% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 3.9 Parallax 7 5% 5.7 fps	MRender 5.8 Gravity 5.7 Splatting 0.3 3% 3.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.3% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Solid 512GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 371 386 384 384 365 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 391 Mixed 392 SusWrite 367 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 27.9 130% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 49.4 87% 167 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GB 6,175 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 63%

Destroyer

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,784x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	213x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	164x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples	103x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 6,175 samples	101x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 16,202 samples	76x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $95

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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