Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.7% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 55% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A (all builds)
Motherboard	Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 01:10
Run Duration	99 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	55%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4600M 7,260 User benchmarks, average bench 56% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 47.6 2-Core 94.9 48% 74.2 Pts	4-Core 127 8-Core 127 17% 127 Pts	64-Core 129 8% 129 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 66%

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 5281) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.41% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 19.1 Parallax 2.41 1% 7.63 fps	MRender 3.62 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2.78 2% 2.41 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.41% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 120GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8602725479 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -101043400605187 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 200 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 47 50 85902622767 (C2) HDA temperature 47 50 85902622767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8602725479 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8602725479 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8602725479 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 17179869185 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1958 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1025 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1025 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1396	59.7% Above average	Read 494 Write 248 Mixed 304 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 9.57 63% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 8.86 46% 103 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 0420 AM1L16BC4R1-B1PS 8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 5%

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System: Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A

CPU
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	47x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	34x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	9x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	63x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	15x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	12x

SSD
PM871 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 76%, 2,585 samples	17x
M500 mSATA 240GBCrucial $120Bench 70%, 1,180 samples	7x
840 Evo mSATA 250GBSamsung $299Bench 89%, 1,431 samples	6x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 27%, 562 samples	8x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	7x
TS1GSK64W6H 2x8GBTranscendBench 54%, 1,168 samples	5x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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