Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	179% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HQ 15,851 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 622 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 224D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	2.98% Terrible	Lighting 3.1 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 3.06 2% 7.63 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 6.26 4% 4.49 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.98% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,788 Write 936 Mixed 1,096 280% 1,273 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 31.2 156% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 57.7 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 30.6 38% 65.8 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 1x16GB 18,452 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 45%

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

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HDD

RAM

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