Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.52% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	74.4% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 187 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 530 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.4% 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? Asus(1043 1080) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.52% Terrible	Lighting 5.93 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 5.69 5% 9.58 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 12.3 7% 7.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GB 2,675 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20200L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 124 112 94 78 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 330 Write 197 Mixed 180 SusWrite 111 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 21 91% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 211 165% 232 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 80%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 69GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 50 24 27 24 26 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 131 Write 59.8 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 35.6 82% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.1 150% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GB 32,056 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	36.4% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 9.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 40%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	424x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	276x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	144x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	174x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	40x
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	36x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 1,104 samples	99x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,218 samples	57x
VepIqTRrEPqQfI Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBMicronBench 64%, 500 samples	54x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $69

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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