Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 188 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 535 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.1% 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? Asus(1043 1D8D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	4.93% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 18.4 Parallax 7.3 5% 10.7 fps	MRender 9.8 Gravity 9.1 Splatting 0.1 4% 6.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.93% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GB 7,448 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT2301Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 53 52 56 53 57 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 455 Write 62.4 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 54.9 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 13.7 48% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 21.9 DQ Mixed 45.6 46% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 56%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 908GB free Firmware: 2BE10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 128 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 91.5 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 127 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 184% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5143DB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 12GB 803 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	782x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	10x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	561x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	231x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	102x
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	85x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	76x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	179x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 13,778 samples	162x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	83x

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