Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	150% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-6920HQ 3,282 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 184 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 583 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% MSI(1462 1171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 54.2 Parallax 49.6 80% 67.1 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 49.6 Splatting 51 43% 53.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57MB Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 548 434 463 395 359 476 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 716 Write 354 Mixed 946 SusWrite 446 138% 615 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 51.7 184% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 948 DQ Write 750 DQ Mixed 416 429% 704 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 235%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 131GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 84 82 85 86 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 83.8 62% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 1,566 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 7 7.1 6 7.3 7 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Read 28 Write 1.8 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 6.7 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 808 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 75%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	31x
GeForce GTX 980NvidiaBench 73%, 282 samples	19x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	10x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	15x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	8x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	6x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	8x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 4x16GBSamsungBench 71%, 938 samples	5x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,393 samples	4x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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