Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.6% 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	112% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 148 58% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 384 41% 325 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M 10,379 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Asus(1043 1CED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.6% Below average	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 38.8 31% 39.9 fps	MRender 42.7 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 37 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 438 444 444 443 440 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 569 Write 443 Mixed 382 SusWrite 442 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 38.8 134% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 478 350% 468 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 267GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 371 361 94 72 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 390 Write 368 Mixed 309 SusWrite 224 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 39.5 124% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 257 217% 315 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB 5,073 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 75%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 30%

Raft

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	306x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	70x

GPU
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	373x
GTX TitanNvidia $1,088Bench 47%, 6,806 samples	1x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	91x
SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GBNvmeBench 104%, 3,203 samples	35x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	34x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	52x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,393 samples	39x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples	33x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $31

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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