Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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.
Boot Drive	40.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 as expected (55^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)	72.1% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 546 54% 443 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 69%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900NS38 512GB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 183 152 18 1.9 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 307 Write 274 Mixed 276 SusWrite 107 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 11.2 53% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 105 88% 132 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron VepIqTRrEPqQfI 1315 CT8G4SFD8213.C16FBD2 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.6% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 71%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	425x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	277x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	144x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	174x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	40x
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	37x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 1,104 samples	100x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,218 samples	57x
VepIqTRrEPqQfI Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBMicronBench 64%, 500 samples	54x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $69

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16