Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	198% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 85 2-Core 195 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 546 54% 444 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 116D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.28% Terrible	Lighting 6.57 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 6.72 5% 8.27 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 6.03 Splatting 13 8% 9.44 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 376 368 371 376 360 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,639 Write 1,430 Mixed 1308 SusWrite 411 268% 1,197 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 67.1 232% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 850 DQ Write 765 DQ Mixed 789 597% 802 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 228%
Plextor PX-128M6G+ 128GB 311 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 19GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 362 342 360 367 319 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 324 Mixed 262 SusWrite 347 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 37.6 139% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 192 165% 247 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 95%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 165GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 107 114 108 106 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 99 Write 99.6 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 110 59% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GB 14,350 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 73%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	338x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	36x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	235x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	138x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1x

SSD
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	29x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	25x
PX-128M6G+ 128GBPlextorBench 80%, 311 samples	15x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	154x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	52x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	17x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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