Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.2% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	66.8% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 152 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 442 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 1D8D) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4141 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 19.9 19% 20.1 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 17.1 17% 21.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GB 2,675 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20200L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 202 178 169 172 158 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.6% Average	Read 216 Write 182 Mixed 173 SusWrite 178 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 11.7 47% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 211 179% 262 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 80%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 395GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 78 83 79 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 86.5 Write 70.8 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 78.2 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5712-009.A00G 9905630-031.A00G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.6% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 83%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	783x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	10x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	562x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	231x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	102x
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	85x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	76x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	179x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 13,778 samples	162x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	83x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16