Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 91 2-Core 171 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 492 50% 403 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Clevo(1558 1501) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.2647 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.2 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 21.8 18% 20.6 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 16.5 17% 21 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WSD2280SA256 256GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0813A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 59 78 73 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 442 Write 369 Mixed 347 SusWrite 84.8 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 20.1 DQ Mixed 0.5 17% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 673GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 16,601 Mixed 81.3 5,963% 8,341 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.4% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.1 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 15%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	19x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	14x

SSD
NE-256 256GBBench 159%, 6,044 samples	3x
850 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 102%, 28,058 samples	2x
Titanium 512GB SSDIronsideBench 84%, 91 samples	2x

RAM
CT8G4SFS8213.C8FAD1 2x8GBCrucialBench 66%, 273 samples	4x
F4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 69%, 2,125 samples	2x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	2x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	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