Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% 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 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	125% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

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 i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 53.9 2-Core 122 52% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 304 33% 263 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 1164) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	4.37% Terrible	Lighting 4.8 Reflection 33 Parallax 4.22 4% 14 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 3.63 Splatting 9.26 5% 6.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.37% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57MB4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 450 384 404 637 669 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 938 Write 267 Mixed 706 SusWrite 505 134% 604 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 35.5 111% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 593 412% 518 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 207%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 863GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 118 121 120 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 123 Write 118 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 120 69% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	112x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	71x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	41x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	26x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	8x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	6x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	44x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	24x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	8x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16