Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.2% 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.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 194 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 541 59% 466 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6891 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.05% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 39.2 Parallax 7.22 0% 15.5 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 14.1 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.05% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9SN8W-128G-1006 128GB 8,741 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6103006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 114 107 106 108 108 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 437 Write 402 Mixed 291 SusWrite 113 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 32.6 111% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 198 171% 252 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 90%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 730GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 126 124 127 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 125 72% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	486x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	172x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	95x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	213x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	34x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	24x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	235x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	113x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	76x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16