Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.03% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	149% 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	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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 49.2 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 167 56% 102 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 543 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11C8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Lighting 6.53 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 6.44 5% 14.1 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 5.97 Splatting 13.4 7% 8.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 207 165 166 165 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,329 Write 737 Mixed 541 SusWrite 175 153% 695 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 48.5 186% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 706 DQ Write 585 DQ Mixed 616 469% 636 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 234%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 761GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 114 108 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 120 Write 106 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 110 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.7 226% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GB 122,420 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.5 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 164 24% 164 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% 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 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	2,455x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	1,298x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,236x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,015x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	501x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NY 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 12,683 samples	207x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 176%, 11,069 samples	127x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	110x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	759x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	307x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	213x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16