Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 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 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	57.5% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (21^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 59.2 1-Core 85.3 2-Core 150 56% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 408 43% 347 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56% 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 115A) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Lighting 4.8 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 5.4 4% 9.37 fps	MRender 7.5 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 0.3 3% 4.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 256GB 10,211 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 272 284 285 291 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 352 Write 277 Mixed 256 SusWrite 279 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 28.8 4K Mixed 15.9 55% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 179 143% 199 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 110%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 9748 Mixed 74.5 3,512% 4,911 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 04CB 16GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 13.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 9.1 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 72%

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

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	940x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	503x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	90x

SSD
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	152x
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	55x
HFS128G39MNC-3510A 128GBBench 79%, 2,005 samples	32x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	282x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	237x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	171x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16