Notebook P15SM

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
SystemNotebook P15SM  (all builds)
MotherboardNotebook P15SM
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20130618
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 15 '17 at 01:33
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
73.6% Very good
Memory 86.2
1-Core 96.9
2-Core 190
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 494
51% 412 Pts
64-Core 491
30% 491 Pts
Poor: 32%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670MX
Clevo(1558 5106) 3GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7878
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
9.9% Terrible
Lighting 11.2
Reflection 11.3
Parallax 14.5
9% 12.4 fps
MRender 15
Gravity 14.5
Splatting 12.7
11% 14 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 9.9%
Great: 17%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M5M mSATA 256GB-$240
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
77.1% Very good
Read 476
Write 365
Mixed 411
93% 417 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 39.8
4K Mixed 29.9
93% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 91.7
DQ Mixed 86.6
79% 124 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 96%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70
85GB free
Firmware: 0001SDM5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
37.1% Below average
Read 64.7
Write 64.5
Mixed 75.6
52% 68.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.15
48% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 37.1%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.C16 0218 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
51.4% Above average
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 15.1
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 17.1
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P15SM Builds (Compare 72 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Notebook P15SM

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