Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.17% 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	94.2% 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 (84^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)	70.2% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 168 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 539 53% 435 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.2% 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? Asus(1043 1130) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7990 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 6.66 5% 8.86 fps	MRender 9.86 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 12.8 8% 9.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
JD 240GB 240GB 1,802 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: JD2018 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 297 292 266 147 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 429 Mixed 399 SusWrite 254 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 43.8 142% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 129 155% 271 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 115%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 547GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 117 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 117 66% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GB 2,218 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,227x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	256x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,028x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples	454x
GTX 1660Nvidia $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	1x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	36x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 4,400 samples	232x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	175x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	133x

Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $38

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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