Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (20^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 58.3 1-Core 78.9 2-Core 134 52% 90.5 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 486 44% 372 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.1% 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 1140) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Lighting 5.6 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 5.2 5% 18.2 fps	MRender 4.5 Gravity 5 Splatting 8.3 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 360 292 202 226 235 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 371 Write 403 Mixed 325 SusWrite 278 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 24.7 78% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 310 233% 311 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 98%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 141GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 102 103 102 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 66.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 103 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GB 3,179 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 7.2 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 70%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	430x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	28x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	277x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	181x

SSD
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	88x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	23x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	8x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GBSamsungBench 50%, 3,179 samples	115x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	91x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	74x

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