Note that you will probably want to test this page in conjunction with the Blog page.
To test this page:
- Navigate to Settings > Reading in the WordPress admin.
 - Then use the settings in the screenshot below.
 

A few things to check once this is done.
- Navigating to the root URL loads this page.
 - The site title should be an 
H1and the page title should be anH2(if displayed). - Check that the browser window / tab name is what you intend it to show.
 - If your theme displays breadcrumbs, they should probably not show when this page is the front page.