Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.8% 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)
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 (77^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)	75.6% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 550 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 1CED) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 37.3 34% 40.3 fps	MRender 43.4 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 37 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,629 Write 854 Mixed 654 229% 1,046 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 51.1 210% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,029 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 381 338% 532 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 243%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 51GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 73 70 73 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 72.9 Write 79.4 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 71 44% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB Kingston KHX2133C13S4/8G 16GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	334x

GPU
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	332x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	1x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	1x

SSD
SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GBNvmeBench 104%, 3,203 samples	65x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	43x
MZVLV128HCGR-00000 128GBSamsungBench 97%, 1,135 samples	10x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	108x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 15,437 samples	29x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	20x

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16