Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32% 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	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (41^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 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 64.8 1-Core 81 2-Core 149 57% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 320 35% 276 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 1140) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4112 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 36.1 Parallax 32.3 32% 36.1 fps	MRender 42.7 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 34.4 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 268 260 234 246 238 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.1% Good	Read 200 Write 124 Mixed 250 SusWrite 254 47% 207 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 18.4 74% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 276 226% 321 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 123%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 744GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 99 98 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 64.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 97.4 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GB 3,179 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 16 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 70%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	430x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	28x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	277x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	181x

SSD
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	88x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	23x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	8x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GBSamsungBench 50%, 3,179 samples	115x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	91x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	74x

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