Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.5% 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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 37.7 2-Core 70.3 40% 59.4 Pts	4-Core 119 8-Core 148 17% 134 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 0797) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4114 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	4.13% Terrible	Lighting 5.73 Reflection 3.88 Parallax 4.5 5% 4.71 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 5.87 Splatting 0.09 3% 4.32 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 4.13% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK128GVN8 M.2 2280 128GB 5,253 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8DA4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 125 103 116 103 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 380 Write 127 Mixed 137 SusWrite 114 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 28.8 95% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 155 125% 181 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 71%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 912GB free Firmware: AX0P3D SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.8 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 105 61% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 1x16GB 5,133 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	31% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 8.9 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	273x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	91x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	238x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	126x

SSD
THNSNK128GVN8 M.2 2280 128GBToshibaBench 54%, 5,253 samples	40x
Z400s M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 56%, 1,070 samples	33x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	31x

RAM
16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 1x16GBMicronBench 40%, 5,133 samples	81x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples	63x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	57x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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