Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.59% 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	131% 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.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	72.5% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 518 52% 425 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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? Legend(17AA 3802) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.59% Terrible	Lighting 5.73 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 5.81 5% 9.66 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 12.3 7% 8.56 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GB 2,256 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L0QBXV7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 295 295 293 273 261 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,130 Write 302 Mixed 314 SusWrite 285 111% 508 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 34 147% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 791 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 410 339% 500 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 153%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 914GB free Firmware: LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 123 125 125 125 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 124 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 71,691 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.4% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 19.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 79%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	326x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	10x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	229x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	106x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1x

SSD
MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 127%, 2,256 samples	15x
MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,748 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	8x

RAM
M471A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,545 samples	45x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	45x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	30x

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