Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.2% 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	91.3% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 (97^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 172 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 476 46% 380 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Acer(1025 105B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4112 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 41.3 8% 20.9 fps	MRender 42.3 Gravity 49.3 Splatting 54.7 41% 48.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN512HCJH-00000 512GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT2100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 366 418 398 445 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 426 Mixed 274 SusWrite 404 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 32 107% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 282 225% 315 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 2BC10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 86.6 Write 81.3 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 104 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 70%

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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	197x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	24x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	99x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	64x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	56x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	20x
CV1-8B256 256GBLiteonBench 77%, 8,101 samples	19x
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	19x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	85x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	19x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,393 samples	14x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $69

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