Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75% 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.

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 below expectations (7^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Memory 31.4 1-Core 87.4 2-Core 161 48% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 358 38% 303 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.8% 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 1164) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.17% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 40.8 Parallax 5.2 4% 17 fps	MRender 0.3 Gravity 5 Splatting 0.3 1% 1.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 153 163 147 167 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 642 Write 261 Mixed 540 SusWrite 171 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 27.2 88% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 262 192% 256 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 207%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 307 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 435GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 145 141 144 144 142 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 95.9 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 133 139% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 175% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GB 32,056 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 8.3 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 246 16% 246 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 40%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	112x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	71x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	41x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	26x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	8x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	6x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	44x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	24x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	8x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16