Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.93% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6300-$44 3,672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 192 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 283 38% 284 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.15% Terrible	Lighting 0 Reflection 3.3 Parallax 7 0% 3.43 fps	MRender 4.3 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 10.9 6% 7.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.15% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83BE) 1GB CLim: 910 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 9.6 8% 11.7 fps	MRender 15.7 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 10.7 10% 12.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 40 38 41 43 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 53.2 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 41 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Fast HDD 4TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9408 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 207 207 206 206 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 156 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 207 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 1.6 358% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.3% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

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