Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.2% 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	35.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 78.2 2-Core 160 62% 105 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 511 47% 394 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Legend(17AA 3802) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1771 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 17 Parallax 20.2 19% 20.1 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 17 17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lenovo SL700 M.2 128G 128GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0517A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 293 14 19 26 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 431 Write 359 Mixed 322 SusWrite 103 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 0.9 38% 11.1 MB/s	DQ Read 75.7 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 1.1 12% 30.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 80%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 73GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 105 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 104 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF Samsung M471A1G43EB1-CPB 16GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.5% 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 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,600x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	393x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,275x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	715x
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	141x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16