Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.7% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 69.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 177 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 528 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 116E) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9901 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 41.9 Parallax 37.7 35% 40.8 fps	MRender 42.9 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 35 32% 39 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,105 Write 1878 Mixed 1,510 407% 1,831 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 85.5 269% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 985 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 886 674% 909 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 923GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 96 103 105 96 102 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 119 Write 98.7 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 100 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 90%

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 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	241x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	24x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	158x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	107x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	24x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	22x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	21x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	82x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	24x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	20x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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