Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.6% 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)
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 (90^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 189 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 478 49% 396 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 112D) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 44 Parallax 37.5 32% 40.2 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 33%
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) 258,091 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 112D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.1% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.2 3% 4.13 fps	MRender 5.5 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.6 3% 4.17 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.1% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,469 Write 2,747 Mixed 3,248 772% 3,488 MB/s	4K Read 260 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 142 664% 189 MB/s	DQ Read 619 DQ Write 488 DQ Mixed 498 388% 535 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
USB 3.1 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 348GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	12.2% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 28.2 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 27.8 7% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 8.1 28% 8.33 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 15.4 12% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 78%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 903GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 103 111 109 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 130 Write 122 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 108 70% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-018.A00LF Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 16GB 464 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.7 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 69%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	358x
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 22%, 3,247 samples	82x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	47x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	40x
Raid 0 Volume 384GBIntelBench 130%, 1,400 samples	28x
HG6 mSATA 128GBToshibaBench 71%, 3,217 samples	16x

RAM
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 1x8GBAdataBench 28%, 4,045 samples	33x
M2S8G64CC8HB5N-DI 2x8GBNanyaBench 51%, 1,393 samples	28x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	24x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $400

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