Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	136% 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 (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 191 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 440 47% 373 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 186D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 6.75 3% 8.9 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.83 5% 6.45 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 643 633 658 677 685 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 992 Write 724 Mixed 469 SusWrite 661 159% 712 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 37.2 129% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 231 203% 309 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 160%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 917GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 105 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 103 Write 87.3 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 106 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 59%

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 as expected (54^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	196x
Core i5-4200HIntelBench 57%, 11,882 samples	9x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	141x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples	64x

SSD
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	13x
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	8x
RBU-SC100S37128GD 128GBKingstonBench 58%, 1,846 samples	6x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	58x
ASU16D3LS1KFG/4G Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 12GBKingstonBench 42%, 267 samples	28x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	11x

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