Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.57% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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)	78.6% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 418 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 3102) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4279 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.57% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 6 6% 7.82 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 14.7 9% 10 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.57% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 172 Mixed 156 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 104%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 697 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 141 Write 19.5 Mixed 36.2 61% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.32 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.65 80% 3.26 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC Hynix HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 8GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 19.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 73%

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

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SSD

HDD

RAM

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