Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.2% 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	220% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300HQ 41,531 User benchmarks, average bench 54% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 60.1 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 153 54% 96 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 277 36% 274 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Legend(17AA 3802) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3039 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 21.6 20% 21.3 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 24 Splatting 18.2 18% 23.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV256 256GB 8,369 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L0QBXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 20 19 23 25 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,270 Write 27.5 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 21.4 124% 594 MB/s	4K Read 314 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 4 482% 107 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 147%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 87 86 85 87 86 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 109 Write 92.8 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 87.3 108% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GB 45,898 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,594x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	392x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,270x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	713x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,748 samples	88x
MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 127%, 2,256 samples	55x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	54x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	265x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	234x
M471A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,545 samples	141x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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