Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	71% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (21^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 below expectations (18^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 70.9 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 105 50% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 249 28% 218 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128GD9MND-5510A 128GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20400A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 185 191 162 93 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 563 Write 194 Mixed 254 SusWrite 152 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 23.6 88% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 249 192% 266 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 107%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 723GB free Firmware: LVM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 103 103 103 104 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 61.7 Write 75 Mixed 51 SusWrite 102 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 17.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 78%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	987x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples	468x

SSD
MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 127%, 2,256 samples	102x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	80x
MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,748 samples	77x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	173x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	136x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	97x

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