Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.5% 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	82.3% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (94^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 78 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 163 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 507 50% 411 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 1D8D) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5167 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 19.2 18% 19.3 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 16.4 16% 20.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS512G39MND-3510A 512GB 3,982 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20400P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 326 383 387 342 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 408 Write 371 Mixed 350 SusWrite 365 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 28.8 95% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 285 223% 308 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 100%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 655GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 123 125 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 111 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 123 71% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.5% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% 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	779x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	10x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	558x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	231x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	102x
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	85x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	76x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	179x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 13,778 samples	162x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	83x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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