Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.9% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^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 (99^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 173 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 491 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1B90) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.14% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 6.84 0% 10.4 fps	MRender 6.43 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 0.13 3% 4.44 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.14% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1002 128GB 7,802 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4131002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 98 88 64 78 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 389 Write 179 Mixed 150 SusWrite 81.6 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 16.3 54% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 174 152% 230 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 87%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 872GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 104 103 100 105 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 60.7 Write 97.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 102 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.3 124% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB 144,145 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.4% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	698x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	429x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	701x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	425x
Graphics i gfx-driver-ci-master-9938 DCH-IIntelBench 5%, 8 samples	1x

SSD
SD8SN8U128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 7,802 samples	121x
SD8SN8U256G1002 256GBSandiskBench 66%, 4,445 samples	107x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	36x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	413x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	65x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	57x

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