Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.23% 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	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 662 62% 513 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.23% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 5.2 Parallax 7.9 6% 6.63 fps	MRender 9.6 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.23% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB 11,716 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 182 186 187 185 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 392 Write 245 Mixed 220 SusWrite 187 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 30.1 112% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 151 143% 228 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 90%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 21GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4.4 7.3 7 7.2 8.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	6.69% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 0.2 Mixed 8.3 SusWrite 6.4 9% 8.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.4 81% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.69% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3E1 2x4GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.3% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 17.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 81%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	2x

SSD
X400 M.2 2280 256GBSandiskBench 66%, 11,716 samples	1x
MZNTD256HAGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 61%, 1,302 samples	1x

RAM
4ATF51264AZ-2G3E1 2x4GBMicronBench 71%, 183 samples	2x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $170

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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