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Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics29.9% 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 Drive224% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GS40 6QE Phantom
MotherboardMSI MS-14A1  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180115
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 07 '21 at 06:56
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Memory 86
1-Core 109
2-Core 203
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 545
56% 454 Pts
64-Core 539
33% 539 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑
This bench: 76.6%
 Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M
MSI(1462 1155) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6172
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
29.9% Poor
Lighting 37.8
Reflection 43.7
Parallax 37.5
31% 39.7 fps
MRender 26.6
Gravity 40.8
Splatting 35.2
28% 34.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑
This bench: 29.9%
 Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDBA3V0010BNC-WRSN 1TB
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1465 822 817 820 826 768 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
224% Outstanding
Read 1,189
Write 1030
Mixed 961
SusWrite 920
230% 1,025 MB/s
4K Read 51.3
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 75.5
254% 92.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,134
DQ Write 738
DQ Mixed 967
713% 946 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑
This bench: 224%
 Great: 274%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85
75GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 409 408 424 425 426 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 457
Write 408
Mixed 365
SusWrite 413
92% 411 MB/s
4K Read 45.9
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 52
191% 66.9 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 318
243% 328 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑
This bench: 117%
 Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
75.4% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.8
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 24.3
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 71.3
56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑
This bench: 75.4%
 Great: 76%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-14A1

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples95x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples4x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples57x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples41x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples1x
SSD
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples9x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples7x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsung  $60Bench 171%, 1,772 samples7x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples19x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples14x
CT4G4SFS824A.C8FBD2 Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3H1R 8GBUnknownBench 66%, 7 samples7x
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