Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

7 years ago, 5 years ago.

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 69,536 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 193 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 521 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 870M 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 111A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 377.19 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	24% Poor	Lighting 29.5 Reflection 28.1 Parallax 35.3 24% 31 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 35.6 Splatting 24 24% 30 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 901GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 119 117 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 126 Write 112 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 108 67% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 75%
USB Flash Memory 2GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 4.2 2.7 2.7 4.2 5.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 2.2 Mixed 1.2 SusWrite 3.6 7% 7.45 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 2x8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 19.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	149x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	126x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	28x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	64x
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	47x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	29x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	51x
MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 1,392 samples	35x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	18x

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