Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.4% 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	112% 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4870HQ 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 75 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 196 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 213 25% 194 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Gigabyte(1458 1756) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 26.3 39% 36.7 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 27 Splatting 34.7 22% 25.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 619 528 656 686 690 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 925 Write 703 Mixed 408 SusWrite 612 148% 662 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 23.5 90% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 220 167% 224 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 129 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 128 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 2x8GB 939 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 81%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 26%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-4870HQIntelBench 66%, 3,774 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	10x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	4x
Raid 0 Volume 2TBIntelBench 307%, 9,880 samples	1x
U100 64GBSandiskBench 35%, 381 samples	1x

RAM
BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 62%, 939 samples	5x
BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 4x8GBCrucialBench 68%, 86 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,963 samples	1x

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