Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	211% 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	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 (59^th 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 204 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 537 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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 1140) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	4.1% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 5.3 4% 18.1 fps	MRender 9.7 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 0.1 4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.1% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 324 324 316 319 318 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1831 Write 1,164 Mixed 749 SusWrite 346 226% 1,022 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 74.9 249% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 918 DQ Write 848 DQ Mixed 736 592% 834 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 280%
Jmicron Generic 256GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 230GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 337 350 353 345 349 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 307 Write 322 Mixed 260 SusWrite 344 70% 308 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 24.2 80% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 131 97% 128 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 78%
WDC WD75 00BPVT-80HXZT3 750GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 264GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 82.1 Write 85.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 75.8 100% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1315 CT8G4SFS824A.C8FDD1 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 18.9 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	431x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	28x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	278x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	181x

SSD
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	88x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	23x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	8x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GBSamsungBench 50%, 3,179 samples	115x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	92x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	74x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16