Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	85.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 68 2-Core 152 60% 101 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 549 48% 410 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 69%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS350 512GB 5,144 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP613PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 128 97 95 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 434 Write 276 Mixed 315 SusWrite 152 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 40.4 152% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 194 168% 247 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GB 32,056 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 40%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	156x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	94x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	147x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	103x

SSD
MZNTY128HDHP-00000 128GBSamsungBench 80%, 2,542 samples	25x
MTFDDAV512TBN 512GBCrucialBench 81%, 288 samples	21x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV512TBN 512GBBench 79%, 14,424 samples	19x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	94x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	53x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 16GBHynixBench 65%, 214 samples	6x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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