Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 57.2 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 155 56% 99.2 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 468 47% 383 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,081 Write 754 Mixed 609 180% 815 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 43.7 175% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 508 439% 651 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 236%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 145GB free Firmware: LCM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 107 107 103 112 117 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 63.3 Write 114 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 111 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 136 29% 136 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 78%

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	1,605x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	393x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,278x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	717x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,748 samples	90x
MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 127%, 2,256 samples	55x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	55x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	266x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	235x
M471A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 6,545 samples	143x

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