Samsung 500R5M/500R5W/501R5M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 62.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

CPU throttled at 93% 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.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Samsung 500R5M/500R5W/501R5M (all builds)
Motherboard	SAMSUNG NP500R5M-XW2BR
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 19:17
Run Duration	93 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7500U 30,129 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.7% Good	SC Int 105 SC Float 111 SC Mixed 108 86% 108 Pts	QC Int 272 QC Float 309 QC Mixed 291 66% 291 Pts	MC Int 264 MC Float 303 MC Mixed 290 43% 286 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Sanyo(144D C792) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4639 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	3.57% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 22.3 Parallax 9.3 3% 13.6 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 8 Splatting 14.7 4% 10.3 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.57% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 Pro 128GB-$76 91 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 69GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 70 45 236224184350 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	59.4% Above average	Read 496 Write 176 Mixed 192 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 20.8 90% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 48 DQ Mixed 12.7 16% 27.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SF4641G8CKHIWDFSEG 1x8GB 348 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 43%

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

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 28%

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System: Samsung 500R5M/500R5W/501R5M

CPU
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 55%, 30,129 samples	42x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 50%, 38,479 samples	15x
Core i3-7100UIntelBench 39%, 5,755 samples	2x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 7%, 64,528 samples	47x
940MXNvidiaBench 11%, 6,721 samples	12x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 7%, 78,028 samples	1x

SSD
CV3-8D128 128GBLiteonBench 77%, 1,060 samples	11x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 217%, 92,427 samples	7x
MZNTY128HDHP-000 128GBSamsungBench 94%, 77 samples	5x

RAM
SF4641G8CKHIWDFSEG 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 348 samples	24x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 58%, 4,001 samples	20x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 18,124 samples	8x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12