Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 174 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 503 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 494 30% 494 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 1D3D) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9793 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 17 Parallax 19.8 19% 19.9 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1166 (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 83 83 7728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 70651 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 214748954666 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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	59.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 65 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.13 52% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 75%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 2GB free, PID 0727 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 18.1 Write 15.1 Mixed 17.4 21% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.89 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 1.98 183% 3.54 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 16GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.9% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 20.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.9% 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 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	219x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	32x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	178x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	73x

SSD
RBU-SMSM151S3128GD1 128GBKingstonBench 42%, 1,102 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	6x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	71x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 15,437 samples	53x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GBSamsungBench 53%, 1,205 samples	27x

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16