Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 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 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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)	77.5% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 496 51% 413 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Clevo(1558 6542) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (43 fps cap detected)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 42.8 36% 42.7 fps	MRender 43.8 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 37.1 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: GS2OA230 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 250 250 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 192 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12535 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 171799937055 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	74% Very good	Read 129 Write 129 Mixed 125 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 72%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 54GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 149 Write 105 Mixed 118 152% 124 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 3.18 4K Mixed 1.39 176% 3.36 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB 687 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 61%

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

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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