Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.1% 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	305% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	73.5% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 189 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 537 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 1CED) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 41.2 Parallax 37.8 35% 40.6 fps	MRender 43.7 Gravity 40 Splatting 37 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1458 2021 1621 1208 1210 1202 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,326 Write 2,129 Mixed 1,758 SusWrite 1,454 430% 1,917 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 75.7 247% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,114 DQ Write 946 DQ Mixed 1,019 766% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 445%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 522GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 99 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 81.5 Write 113 Mixed 56 SusWrite 98.3 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905624-023.A00G Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 70%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	333x

GPU
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	331x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	1x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	1x

SSD
SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GBNvmeBench 104%, 3,203 samples	65x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	43x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	9x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	107x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 15,437 samples	29x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	20x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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