Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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	30.5% 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	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (41^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 77.1 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 144 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 508 50% 409 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 1CED) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.57 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.5% Below average	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 31.3 30% 38.8 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 41 Splatting 35.4 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX6000LNP 512GB 409 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2s16 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 717 733 723 757 765 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 694 Mixed 659 SusWrite 725 209% 947 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 31.8 110% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 117 99% 150 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 229%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 226GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 108 110 107 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 82.6 Mixed 21.1 SusWrite 109 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CPB 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 73%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	334x

GPU
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	332x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	1x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	1x

SSD
SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GBNvmeBench 104%, 3,203 samples	65x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	43x
MZVLV128HCGR-00000 128GBSamsungBench 97%, 1,135 samples	10x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	108x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 15,437 samples	29x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	20x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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