Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.9% 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	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

15 months ago, 13 months ago.

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 59.5 1-Core 78.7 2-Core 163 56% 100 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 404 40% 327 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0708) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.2849 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 40.6 Parallax 35.3 32% 38.4 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 32.4 29% 35.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 301 302 302 302 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 571 Write 308 Mixed 276 SusWrite 301 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 21.2 74% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 551 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 364 284% 398 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 147%
CT500P3SSD8 500GB 13,020 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 58GB free Firmware: P9CR30A SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 436 54 87 55 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 641 Write 693 Mixed 697 SusWrite 128 121% 540 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 28.6 94% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 604 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 465 339% 450 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 305%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP26D4S9S8HJ-8 Micron 4ATF51264HZ-3G2J1 12GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 10.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 6.7 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 70%

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	755x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	309x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	242x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	111x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	317x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	140x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	126x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16