Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	33.2% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 71.2 1-Core 39.6 2-Core 76.7 41% 62.5 Pts	4-Core 126 8-Core 201 20% 164 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 1158) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735 Performing below potential (94^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (42 fps cap detected)	33.2% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 41 Parallax 41.3 34% 41.4 fps	MRender 42.2 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 34.7 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,421 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57MB4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 791 Write 412 Mixed 575 131% 593 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 35.4 112% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 351 247% 316 MB/s
Poor: 91% Great: 279%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 294GB free Firmware: JB0OA3S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 72 68 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 124 Write 116 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 70.4 60% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3A1 2x16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 98.7 40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 84%

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 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	182x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	1x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	116x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	65x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	18x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	13x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	12x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	83x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	38x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	10x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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