Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	83.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	75.7% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 191 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 547 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.7% 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 1140) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.77% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 5.78 5% 17.5 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 12.9 7% 8.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2177 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 575 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5828890470	83.1% Excellent	Read 491 Write 375 Mixed 395 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 33.6 125% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 20 23% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 463GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 39.1 Write 38.9 Mixed 37.8 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GB 3,179 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 14.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 70%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	430x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	28x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	277x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	181x

SSD
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	88x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	23x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	8x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GBSamsungBench 50%, 3,179 samples	115x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	91x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	74x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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