Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.15% 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	74.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (57^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 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 63.6 1-Core 58.5 2-Core 136 50% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 440 40% 335 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53% 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 116E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.15% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 41.6 Parallax 2.6 5% 16.7 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 9.1 6% 6.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.15% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 SATA M.2 128GB 5,880 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: JUXA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 213 279 260 303 312 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 296 Write 395 Mixed 370 SusWrite 259 75% 330 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 41.4 104% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 211 176% 256 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 98%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 665GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 129 133 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 29 SusWrite 130 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GB 45,898 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	241x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	24x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	158x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	107x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	24x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	22x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	21x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	82x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	24x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	20x

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