Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	147% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (83^rd 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 480 54% 426 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Clevo(1558 6555) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4416 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.08% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.06 3% 7.57 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 8.04 6% 6.65 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.08% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 236GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6517 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4044 (B1) Unknown 96 96 131 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 178 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23397512920	82.7% Excellent	Read 504 Write 405 Mixed 447 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 20.5 97% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 15.5 59% 137 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 86%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 909 Write 940 Mixed 937 208% 929 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 27.7 146% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 42 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 141 136% 201 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 313%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3N169ES4.16FE 2x8GB 732 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	86x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	14x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	56x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	44x

SSD
850 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 102%, 28,058 samples	7x
850 EVO M.2 120GBSamsungBench 96%, 3,551 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x

RAM
99U5428-018.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 4,502 samples	8x
99U5428-018.A00LF 99U5428-078.A00LF 99U5428-018.A00LF 99U5428-078.A00LF 32GBKingstonBench 53%, 10 samples	7x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,647 samples	5x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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