Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	199% 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.

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 i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 98 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 400 46% 358 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.1% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 23.4 20% 25.7 fps	MRender 35.6 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 32.5 25% 31 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1031 1008 966 992 1080 1058 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,292 Write 1,162 Mixed 706 SusWrite 1,022 234% 1,046 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 54.8 198% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 695 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 522 393% 534 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 220%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 680GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 109 105 109 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 108 62% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GB 30,591 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 18.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	468x
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	165x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	1x

SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	60x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	50x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	17x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	122x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	106x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	61x

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