Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.3% 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	48.7% 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.

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 167 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 433 47% 372 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 1102) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9907 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 42.1 Parallax 35.4 30% 38 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 35.9 Splatting 38.3 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8100S3128GD1 128GB 932 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 134 32 107 95 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 440 Write 136 Mixed 209 SusWrite 83.2 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 17.3 84% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.2 DQ Write 2 DQ Mixed 52.2 30% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 79%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 335GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 102 100 101 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 122 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 99.2 64% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 2x8GB 1,633 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	77x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	44x
HD Graphics 5600IntelBench 4%, 7,009 samples	30x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	33x
RBU-SNS8100S3128GD1 128GBKingstonBench 63%, 932 samples	27x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	19x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	61x
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 2x8GBAdataBench 52%, 1,843 samples	21x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 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) $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