Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.7% 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	107% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 547 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.5% 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? Asus(1043 1080) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Lighting 5.97 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 5.78 5% 9.62 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 12.3 7% 8.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GB 2,256 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3L0Q Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 1,263 Write 220 Mixed 337 130% 607 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 18 132% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 35.6 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 17.1 43% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 153%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$100 1,047 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 43GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 191 184 1433 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1605 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1194 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2889 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 107499 (C2) HDA temperature 111 83 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	34.2% Below average	Read 63 Write 55.9 Mixed 60.3 45% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB Kingston 9905624-008.A00G 16GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70% 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 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	424x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	276x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	144x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	174x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	40x
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	36x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 1,104 samples	99x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,218 samples	57x
VepIqTRrEPqQfI Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBMicronBench 64%, 500 samples	54x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $69

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16