Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.12% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	168% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 594 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Device(1A58 6755) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.12% Terrible	Lighting 3.27 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 3.22 3% 6.01 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 2.9 Splatting 6.43 4% 4.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.12% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,744 Write 1,128 Mixed 1,253 304% 1,375 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 16.1 96% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 36.4 DQ Mixed 15.4 17% 28 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 259%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64HDZ-2G3B1 2x8GB 1,580 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 24.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 19.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 77%

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

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GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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