Monster P170SM-A

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Monster P170SM-A (all builds)
Motherboard	MONSTER P170SM-A
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140327
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 11:35
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 199 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 440 49% 386 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 M290X 1,411 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Clevo(1558 7481) ≥ 4GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 6.54 Parallax 6.59 3% 5.64 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.7 5% 5.82 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2609 (A5) Unknown 100 100 292476 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 75 (AE) Unknown 100 100 405 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 35 219043463203 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 250 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 254 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8083666829 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11716160957	47% Average	Read 442 Write 253 Mixed 291 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 7.76 44% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 12.8 DQ Mixed 5.84 9% 18.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 56%
Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 60GB-$45 164 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 5GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10462991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 46016279618339 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1409 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 55 77 47249686583 (C2) HDA temperature 55 77 47249686583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10462991 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10462991 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10462991 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4118 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3205 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3205 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4145 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3997752	57.3% Above average	Read 374 Write 89.6 Mixed 135 43% 200 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 12.2 121% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 36.4 35% 52.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 76%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 415GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5716 (05) Reallocated sector count 69 69 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 9089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3219 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 296924 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 253403529252 (C4) Reallocation count 78 78 692 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 5808 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	60.3% Good	Read 112 Write 98.2 Mixed 89.3 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992038 1x8GB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 32%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Monster P170SM-A

CPU
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	2x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	2x

RAM
CT102464BF160B.C16 1314 992038 16GBUnknownBench 52%, 7 samples	2x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $79

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