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Performance Results

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Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

System	Asus G501VW (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK G501VW
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161128
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 10:57
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 185 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 491 49% 400 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.8% 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 1090) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 6.03 4% 9.19 fps	MRender 5.24 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 12.9 7% 7.85 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 475 Write 452 Mixed 352 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 46.5 158% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 336 254% 341 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 428GB free Firmware: SE0OA4H0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 106 105 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 110 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 105 62% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A5143DB0-CPB 12GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 15 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 68%

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Typical G501VW Builds (Compare 139 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Asus G501VW

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	139x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	83x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	52x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	37x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	21x
SD8SNAT128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 56%, 12,768 samples	7x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 1,104 samples	31x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,218 samples	30x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	26x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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

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