Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18% 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	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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)	72.3% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 540 55% 445 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Legend(17AA 3802) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1967 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 19.9 19% 19.9 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 250GB-$46 9,815 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 160 63 69 33 31 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 447 Write 363 Mixed 363 SusWrite 109 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 22 101% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 1.2 71% 168 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 98%
Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB-$55 6,063 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 695GB free Firmware: DS0C1E SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 106 Write 108 Mixed 46 SusWrite 107 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GB 1,205 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 70%

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	1,597x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	392x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,272x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	714x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,748 samples	88x
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	266x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	234x
M471A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,545 samples	141x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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