Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	18.2% 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	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.1% Poor	Memory 42.7 1-Core 25 2-Core 48.6 25% 38.8 Pts	4-Core 84.8 8-Core 131 13% 108 Pts	64-Core 130 8% 130 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 0706) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9924 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 19.8 19% 20 fps	MRender 24.5 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 17 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 333 352 362 362 341 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 428 Write 385 Mixed 385 SusWrite 345 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 24.7 80% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 164 119% 155 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 123%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 814GB free Firmware: SM30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 99 99 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 80.5 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 98.8 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 190 21% 190 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,187x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	730x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,827x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,088x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

SSD
Z400s M.2 2280 256GBSandiskBench 65%, 2,644 samples	162x
860 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 101%, 35,237 samples	85x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	77x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	334x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	251x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	155x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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