Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.4% 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	24% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 155 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 434 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 1D3D) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8541 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 17 Parallax 20.8 19% 20.3 fps	MRender 24.7 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 0.09 11% 16 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SMSM151S3128GD1 128GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 13 5.3 14 14 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24% Poor	Read 26.7 Write 61.5 Mixed 132 SusWrite 12.9 13% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 6.6 72% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 54.5 DQ Write 41.2 DQ Mixed 9.7 18% 35.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 56%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 971GB free Firmware: 2BC10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 80 80 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 67.5 Write 116 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 81.1 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.6% 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 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	213x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	6x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	152x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	67x

SSD
RBU-SMSM151S3128GD1 128GBKingstonBench 42%, 1,102 samples	97x
HFS256G32MND-2200A 256GBBench 70%, 3,087 samples	7x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	97x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 15,437 samples	60x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB Kingston 9905630-007.A00G 16GBSamsungBench 68%, 81 samples	4x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16