Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.52% 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	72% 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, 2 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 (41^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 64.6 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 147 55% 95.4 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 536 49% 411 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.9% 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? MSI(1462 11D7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.52% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 6.4 5% 27.4 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 8.9 6% 7.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GB 7,907 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 196 246 214 165 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72% Very good	Read 460 Write 192 Mixed 277 SusWrite 199 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 26 97% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 152 146% 227 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 96%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 159GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 80 80 80 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 91.2 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 78.9 55% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.5% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 78%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	628x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	416x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	154x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	128x
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	76x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG6 128GBKingstonBench 72%, 2,263 samples	48x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	182x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	120x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16