Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 103 2-Core 199 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 526 52% 427 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.4% 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 1D8D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9126 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.01% Terrible	Lighting 5.6 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 6.5 5% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.01% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10365 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 125 112 89 95 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 216 Write 160 Mixed 152 SusWrite 105 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 12.1 48% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 64.3 58% 90.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 0420 AO1P24HC8T1-BQXS 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.9% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

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	783x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	10x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	562x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	231x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	102x
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	85x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	76x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	179x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 13,778 samples	162x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	83x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16