Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 200 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 549 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.5% 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? Asus(1043 1080) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	2.88% Terrible	Lighting 3 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 2.88 2% 7.7 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.34 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.88% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GB 2,675 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20200L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 277 235 244 273 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 454 Write 282 Mixed 254 SusWrite 249 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 26.2 104% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 211 179% 262 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%
Adata XPG EX500 1TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 462GB free Firmware: 9301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 88 90 90 88 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 86.2 Mixed 54 SusWrite 88.6 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GB 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.2% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 18.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	424x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	276x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	144x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	174x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	40x
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	36x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 1,104 samples	99x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,218 samples	57x
VepIqTRrEPqQfI Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBMicronBench 64%, 500 samples	54x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $69

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