Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.7% 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	81.2% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^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 (94^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 87.2 2-Core 176 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 497 49% 402 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Legend(17AA 3802) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 22.3 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 19.8 18% 19.7 fps	MRender 24.5 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 16.6 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GB 1,748 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L0QBXV7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 145 143 145 144 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 682 Write 151 Mixed 194 SusWrite 144 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 29.3 137% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 28.4 40% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 767GB free Firmware: LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 30 32 32 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 14 Write 31.7 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 31.2 21% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.2 94% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMSA3260MB78HAF2400 1315 CT8G4SFS824A.C8FAD1 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.4% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 18.9 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 16.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 66%

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 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,608x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	393x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,280x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	718x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,748 samples	90x
MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 127%, 2,256 samples	55x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	55x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	268x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	235x
M471A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,545 samples	143x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16