Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34% 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	182% 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.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 547 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.1% 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: 398.11 Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (43 fps cap detected)	34% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 42.1 Parallax 42 35% 42.2 fps	MRender 44 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 36.4 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34% 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% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 396 407 392 409 407 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,633 Write 880 Mixed 663 SusWrite 413 198% 897 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 57.8 215% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 835 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 470 372% 534 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 243%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 744GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 75.2 Write 75.1 Mixed 29 SusWrite 55.9 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB Kingston 9905624-026.A00G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.7% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 71%

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	335x

GPU
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	333x
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