Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.3% 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	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Asus ROG GL552VW GAMING LAPTOP (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK GL552VW
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160906
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '19 at 07:26
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 201 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 548 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 1C5D) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1967 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 15.8 16% 17 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 22 Splatting 17 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 120 122 107 64 79 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 414 Write 328 Mixed 262 SusWrite 101 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 11.6 48% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 54 DQ Mixed 43.3 43% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 56%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 186 186 186 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 158 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 185 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.5% 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 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,049x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	404x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,614x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	839x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	320x
SD8SNAT128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 56%, 12,768 samples	219x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	64x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	423x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	356x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	169x

Total price: $1,049

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16