Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 57.8 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 163 57% 102 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 425 45% 360 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.76% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 3.5 3% 7.02 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 12.6 8% 9.09 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB 2,610 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 711GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 798 733 625 615 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 825 Write 679 Mixed 442 SusWrite 686 148% 658 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 37.7 141% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 637 DQ Mixed 686 528% 724 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 201%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 931GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 135 135 135 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 112 Mixed 72 SusWrite 135 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1 230% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 2x8GB 5,035 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 9.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 77%

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 $39	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