Notebook P17SM-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Notebook P17SM-A (all builds)
Motherboard	Notebook P17SM-A
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 15:58
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$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 (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 524 55% 441 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 73%

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 7481) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4416 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 6.38 3% 14.4 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.57 5% 6.35 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5028 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 142 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 38 266288693288 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18179864614 (F7) Unknown 100 100 579954237 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1793984895	79% Very good	Read 517 Write 329 Mixed 388 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 20.6 120% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 20.1 29% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 97%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 12GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 242 Write 95 Mixed 101 158% 146 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 9.31 4K Mixed 4.13 495% 7.89 MB/s	DQ Read 10.8 DQ Write 9.35 DQ Mixed 4.18 501% 8.12 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Notebook P17SM-A

CPU
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	62x
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	33x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	10x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	80x
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 22%, 3,247 samples	11x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	11x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	8x
M500 mSATA 120GBCrucial $398Bench 59%, 916 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 10,168 samples	13x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	7x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	5x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $145

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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