Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	216% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (78^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)	73.9% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 534 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.9% 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? Asus(1043 1080) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7372 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	4.98% Terrible	Lighting 5.83 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 5.84 5% 9.58 fps	MRender 5.14 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 8.22 5% 6.39 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.98% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 972 1050 1093 1005 1093 983 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,595 Write 1369 Mixed 819 SusWrite 1,033 269% 1,204 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.9 194% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 586 454% 640 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 262%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3.7 4.2 5.2 5.1 4.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	4.77% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 15.3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.4 13% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.77% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron VepIqTRrEPqQfI 0215 CMSO16GX4M1A2133C15 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.1% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 55%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	424x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	276x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	144x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	174x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	40x
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	36x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 1,104 samples	99x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,218 samples	57x
VepIqTRrEPqQfI Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBMicronBench 64%, 500 samples	54x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $69

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