Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 82.7 2-Core 167 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 538 49% 413 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M 10,379 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Asus(1043 1CED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 362.60 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.3% Poor	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 43.7 25% 34.8 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 43 Splatting 46.7 35% 42.4 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 43%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 32 37 95 89 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 123 Write 103 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 72.4 59% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 30%

Raft

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	306x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	70x

GPU
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	373x
GTX TitanNvidia $1,088Bench 47%, 6,806 samples	1x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	91x
SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GBNvmeBench 104%, 3,203 samples	35x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	34x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	52x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,393 samples	39x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples	33x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $31

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