Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.7% 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	60.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (47^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 as expected (56^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 77.6 2-Core 146 59% 99.7 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 388 40% 324 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0708) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3648 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 43 Parallax 42.4 37% 43.6 fps	MRender 46.7 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 37.3 33% 41.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 56 54 91 171 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 653 Write 40.3 Mixed 119 SusWrite 81.5 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 16.2 72% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 97.9 92% 149 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 147%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 849GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 100 104 103 102 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 89.2 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 104 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 2x8GB 5,035 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 77%

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	485x
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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