Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	72.1% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 180 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 478 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M 10,379 User benchmarks, average bench 39% MSI(1462 1157) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1515 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Lighting 50.2 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 40.1 41% 46.5 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 54.3 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,527 Write 526 Mixed 538 188% 863 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 49.9 194% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 828 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 302 274% 436 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 214%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 204GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 77 75 76 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 75.5 55% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GB 14,350 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 73%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

Raft

GPU
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	236x
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	130x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	64x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	51x
MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GBSamsungBench 180%, 2,105 samples	28x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	23x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	167x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	42x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	26x

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