Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.5% 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	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A (all builds)
Motherboard	Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '16 at 10:27
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 193 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 478 49% 396 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Clevo(1558 5281) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 41.4 Parallax 36.8 34% 40.1 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 39 Splatting 36.5 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAT128MBF 128GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 323 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 138 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B4) Unknown 0 0 880 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 27 313533988910 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7435986561 (F7) Unknown 100 100 233135534 (F8) Unknown 100 100 419810857	74.8% Very good	Read 519 Write 351 Mixed 369 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 12.7 87% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 12.7 52% 118 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 100%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 358GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 127 127 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 13524 (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 88 88 5579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1704 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 180203 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 214749151264 (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	73.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 130 Mixed 128 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73QH0-YK0 16GB 1,257 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.8% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 59%

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System: Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A

CPU
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	47x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	34x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	9x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	63x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	15x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	12x

SSD
PM871 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 76%, 2,585 samples	17x
M500 mSATA 240GBCrucial $120Bench 70%, 1,180 samples	7x
840 Evo mSATA 250GBSamsung $299Bench 89%, 1,431 samples	6x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 27%, 562 samples	8x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	7x
TS1GSK64W6H 2x8GBTranscendBench 54%, 1,168 samples	5x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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