Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 168 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 509 49% 406 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 3802) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.45% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 6.5 6% 10.2 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 5.77 Splatting 13.3 8% 9.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GB 3,203 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L0QBXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 125 108 123 122 120 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 632 Write 147 Mixed 167 SusWrite 121 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 21.9 144% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 213 193% 305 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 311%
Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB-$55 6,063 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 409GB free Firmware: DS0C1E SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 109 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 110 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%

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 (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.9% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	155x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	131x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	118x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	38x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	38x
MZVLB512HBJQ-000L2 512GBSamsungBench 242%, 17,400 samples	37x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 36,396 samples	40x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	27x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 54,121 samples	27x

Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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