Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.5% 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	109% 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.

System	Asus ROG GL552VW GAMING LAPTOP (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK GL552VW
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190425
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '20 at 17:15
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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)	75% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 192 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 532 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 1C5D) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4187 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 15.8 16% 17.1 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 351 277 266 269 271 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 426 Mixed 348 SusWrite 306 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 56.5 179% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 338 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 131%
OCZ Vertex 3 480GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 168GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 209 197 201 203 201 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 339 Write 287 Mixed 293 SusWrite 203 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 23.1 83% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 136 109% 156 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

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	2,047x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	404x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,612x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	839x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	320x
SD8SNAT128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 56%, 12,768 samples	219x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	64x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	423x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	356x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	169x

Total price: $1,049

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