Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.4% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 69,536 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 189 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 494 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 870M 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 10FD) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7892 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 30.7 22% 26.7 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 33.8 Splatting 23.7 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 867 Write 554 Mixed 680 155% 701 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 12.7 77% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 42.5 106% 222 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 237%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 862GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 178 1891 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 145847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1245 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 145848 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.9% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 106 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 2x8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 88 46% 88 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% 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	104x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples	34x
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 22%, 3,247 samples	15x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	28x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	25x
HFS128G38MNB-2200A 128GBBench 72%, 413 samples	21x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 1,392 samples	39x
MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 1,633 samples	36x
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 2x8GBAdataBench 52%, 1,843 samples	17x

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