Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.76% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	60.1% 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.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 70.5 1-Core 42.7 2-Core 89.4 43% 67.5 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 464 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.8% 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. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.76% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 7.2 5% 10.4 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 10.1 7% 8.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.76% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV1-8B256 256GB 8,101 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: G881603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 201 231 212 203 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 367 Write 320 Mixed 158 SusWrite 201 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 19.8 66% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 93.4 122% 218 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 98%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 384GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 88 89 89 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 82.5 Write 0.5 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 86.4 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.4 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 76%

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	786x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	10x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	565x
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	180x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 13,778 samples	164x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	83x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16