Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.7% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 140 59% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 382 40% 319 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 1CED) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 29.7 8% 17.1 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 36.6 27% 32.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 33%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 855GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 121 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 186542 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 219044053025 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 103 Write 111 Mixed 106 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ 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 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	332x

GPU
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	330x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	1x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	1x

SSD
SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GBNvmeBench 104%, 3,203 samples	65x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $31Bench 183%, 9,202 samples	43x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	9x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	107x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 15,437 samples	29x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	20x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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