Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22% 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	115% 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.

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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 178 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 545 59% 466 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M 10,379 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Asus(1043 1CED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 23.3 20% 25.6 fps	MRender 35.5 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 32.4 25% 30.9 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 163 174 175 167 189 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 861 Write 164 Mixed 262 SusWrite 174 79% 365 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.5 156% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 814 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 192 220% 397 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 195%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 238GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 886 908 912 912 910 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1949 Write 916 Mixed 714 SusWrite 907 248% 1,122 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 56 221% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1092 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 382 367% 600 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 243%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 539GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 121 119 121 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 30 SusWrite 120 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 16GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.4% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 30%

Raft

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	306x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	70x

GPU
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	373x
GTX TitanNvidia $1,088Bench 47%, 6,806 samples	1x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	91x
SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GBNvmeBench 104%, 3,203 samples	35x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	34x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	52x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,393 samples	39x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples	33x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $31

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16