Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.79% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 170 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 540 51% 425 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.9% 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 (100^th percentile)	6.79% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 6.97 6% 8.51 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 14.2 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.79% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLW128HEGR-000L2 128GB 6,569 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1L1QCXB7 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 801 Write 702 Mixed 486 147% 663 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 33.6 133% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 876 DQ Write 764 DQ Mixed 701 558% 780 MB/s
Poor: 90% Great: 320%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 803GB free Firmware: LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 117 118 118 119 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 78.8 Write 119 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 116 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMSA3260MB78HAF2400 2x8GB 3,088 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 77%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,597x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	392x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,272x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	714x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,748 samples	88x
MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 127%, 2,256 samples	55x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	55x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	266x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	234x
M471A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,545 samples	141x

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