Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	78.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 92 2-Core 188 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 529 55% 444 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 SATA M.2 128GB 5,880 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: JUCA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 204 136 158 254 166 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 438 Write 378 Mixed 390 SusWrite 214 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 33.8 110% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 310 228% 300 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 98%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 681GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 109 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 56 SusWrite 109 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.5% 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 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	126x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	22x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	74x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	39x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	35x

SSD
CV1-8B256 256GBLiteonBench 77%, 8,101 samples	23x
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	17x
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	10x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	69x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	14x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	12x

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