Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	134% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 92.7 2-Core 204 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 527 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9864 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 7.4 5% 16.5 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 1 1% 1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 298 298 298 298 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 972 Write 302 Mixed 316 SusWrite 298 103% 472 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 36 162% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 407 362% 565 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 147%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 377GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 427 416 421 419 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 368 Mixed 369 SusWrite 427 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 47.3 158% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 241 205% 300 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 126%
SK hynix SC300 M.2 2280 128GB 913 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 87GB free Firmware: 20100P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 158 159 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	68% Good	Read 434 Write 156 Mixed 210 SusWrite 158 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 25.1 98% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 196 159% 230 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43EB1-CPB 2x8GB 1,006 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.1% 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 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	750x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	307x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	240x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	108x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	316x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	138x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	125x

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