Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.3% 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	98.6% 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.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 77.7 2-Core 161 63% 106 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 506 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Legend(17AA 3802) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3648 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 20 19% 20.2 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 17.1 17% 21.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GB 1,748 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L0QBXV7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 148 149 144 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 686 Write 151 Mixed 193 SusWrite 144 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 29 158% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 226 200% 310 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 818GB free Firmware: SE0ZB4A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 108 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 107 61% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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 below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.3% 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 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,595x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	392x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,271x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	713x
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	54x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	265x
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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