Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.3% 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	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 as expected (46^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 74.9 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 139 59% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 358 38% 300 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0708) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4166 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.3% Poor	Lighting 20.4 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 34.6 17% 31.6 fps	MRender 42.1 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 33 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 492GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 272 275 273 251 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	66% Good	Read 294 Write 300 Mixed 296 SusWrite 225 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 25.3 84% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 310 235% 317 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 121%
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 43GB free Firmware: 102000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,407 Write 1,114 Mixed 1,190 275% 1,237 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 40.8 131% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 646 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 493 370% 501 MB/s
Poor: 182% Great: 296%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 5,229 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	752x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	307x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	241x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	108x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	317x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	138x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	125x

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