Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.6% 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	78.8% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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 i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 147 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 224 30% 226 Pts	64-Core 237 15% 237 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950M 38,813 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Device(1B0A 2281) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5206 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.8 Reflection 16.3 Parallax 17.3 17% 18.1 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 15.2 13% 15.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 354 360 371 295 259 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 425 Write 370 Mixed 368 SusWrite 323 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 29.8 111% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 141 114% 166 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 123%
Asmedia USB 3.0 Device 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 203GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 139 187 231 213 222 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 346 Write 19.8 Mixed 124 SusWrite 184 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 19.6 61% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 23.5 DQ Mixed 115 75% 90.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 71%
Seagate ST1500LM006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 4,004 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 265GB free Firmware: 2BE10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 86 86 86 84 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 81.3 Write 64 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 84.4 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples	1x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00000 128GBSamsungBench 47%, 6,038 samples	1x

RAM
CT102464BF160B.M16 2x8GBCrucialBench 51%, 9,135 samples	1x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16