Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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. 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.29% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	170% 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 172 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 412 42% 338 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 116E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 2.31 6% 16.5 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 5 5% 5.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,421 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 3.8 4.2 11 11 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,570 Write 11.8 Mixed 21 SusWrite 7.8 84% 403 MB/s	4K Read 264 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.9 404% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 279%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 636GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 81 95 123 120 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 107 69% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GB 14,350 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 22 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 73%

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	241x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	25x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	159x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	107x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	24x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	22x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	21x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	82x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	24x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	20x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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