Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (42^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 65.6 1-Core 53.8 2-Core 129 49% 82.9 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 348 39% 304 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% 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? Acer(1025 103B) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5% Terrible	Lighting 4.93 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 5.44 4% 9.09 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 5.43 Splatting 12.7 7% 7.79 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV1-8B256 256GB 8,101 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: G881201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 237 247 229 230 257 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 320 Write 187 Mixed 222 SusWrite 231 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 19.1 68% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 180 144% 202 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 98%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 669GB free Firmware: AX003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 102 105 105 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 98 Write 98.8 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 104 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GB 45,898 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	393x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	123x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	362x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	119x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples	22x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00000 128GBSamsungBench 47%, 6,038 samples	63x
MZNLN256HCHP-00000 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 3,145 samples	49x
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	39x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	128x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	64x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	61x

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