Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.23% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 170 74% 122 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 501 54% 427 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.2% 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. 21.20.16.4550 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.23% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 6.1 5% 18.6 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 9.5 6% 7.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 650GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 41 33 34 50 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 12.9 Write 17.7 Mixed 26 SusWrite 42.3 18% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 59%
Mass Storage Device 32GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 29GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 17 17 16 16 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 16.7 Write 16 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 16.4 22% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3 193% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GB 3,179 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 70%

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	430x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	28x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	277x
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	91x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	74x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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