Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 17% 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. 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.8% 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	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

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 Q 740-$190 13,278 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 122 61% 95.7 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 216 25% 194 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% HP(103C 1520) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 353.54 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 37.2 35% 40.4 fps	MRender 43 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 36.1 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 33%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 49 50 49 51 49 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.5% Below average	Read 223 Write 178 Mixed 182 SusWrite 66.6 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 13.6 56% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 128 108% 158 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.8% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.7 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 7.2 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	80x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	25x
Mobility Radeon HD 5870AMDBench 9%, 3,040 samples	22x

Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $245

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