Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	101% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	72.9% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 187 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 523 53% 431 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.9% 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? Legend(17AA 3802) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.37% Terrible	Lighting 5.43 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 6.47 4% 9.74 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 5.57 Splatting 12.1 7% 8.34 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.37% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GB 1,748 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L0QBXV7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 151 151 151 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 689 Write 159 Mixed 200 SusWrite 150 65% 300 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 31.2 163% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 559 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 229 203% 316 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 310GB free Firmware: 03.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 76 79 79 78 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 86.2 Write 67.2 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 74.7 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB M471A5143DB0-CPB 12GB 710 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 14.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 70%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,595x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	392x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,271x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	713x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,748 samples	88x
MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 127%, 2,256 samples	55x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	54x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	265x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	234x
M471A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,545 samples	141x

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