Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	42.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 152 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 351 40% 313 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Lighting 53 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 49.9 43% 51.2 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 48.1 Splatting 48.4 41% 50.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 245 215 205 192 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 830 Write 302 Mixed 314 SusWrite 218 91% 416 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 29.8 117% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 452 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 410 298% 390 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 147%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 380GB free Firmware: 1011 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1352 1268 1111 460 40 469 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,327 Write 1,500 Mixed 1,312 SusWrite 783 277% 1,231 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.3 176% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 729 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 621 485% 668 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 335%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 319GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 114 118 117 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 117 64% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.5% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	755x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	309x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	242x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	111x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	317x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	140x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	126x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16