Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.6% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 190 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 398 45% 354 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 1D3D) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8857 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 21.4 19% 20.8 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500MS120G 120GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 003056RR SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 75 66 66 62 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 432 Write 330 Mixed 242 SusWrite 79.9 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 12.5 109% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 151 123% 178 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 79%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 133 133 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 136 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 133 75% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB Kingston 9905624-058.A00G 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 72%

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	214x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	6x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	153x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	67x

SSD
RBU-SMSM151S3128GD1 128GBKingstonBench 42%, 1,102 samples	98x
HFS256G32MND-2200A 256GBBench 70%, 3,087 samples	7x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	97x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 15,437 samples	60x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB Kingston 9905630-007.A00G 16GBSamsungBench 68%, 81 samples	4x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16