Notebook P15SM-A_SM1-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.3% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Notebook P15SM-A_SM1-A (all builds)
Motherboard	Notebook P15SM-A_SM1-A
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 11:32
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4100M 1,320 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 83.1 1-Core 59.6 2-Core 99.3 52% 80.7 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 156 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 860M 18,736 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Clevo(1558 5281) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8813 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 20.3 Parallax 26.7 18% 22.9 fps	MRender 19.7 Gravity 25.4 Splatting 16.1 16% 20.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 17%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: GR2OA230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 54 57 65 59 57 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 81.6 Write 74 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 58.5 45% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-063.A00LF 2x8GB 1,622 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 17.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Notebook P15SM-A_SM1-A

CPU
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	3x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	1x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	3x
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 22%, 3,247 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	1x

RAM
9905428-087.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 28%, 464 samples	1x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 680 samples	1x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $78

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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