Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (100^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 198 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 520 55% 438 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 38.7 37% 42.4 fps	MRender 44.1 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 38 33% 41.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 79 80 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 123 Write 109 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 79.6 60% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 75%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 633GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 119 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 116 Write 123 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 118 69% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GB 18,309 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	469x
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	165x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	1x

SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	60x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	50x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	17x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	122x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	106x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	61x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16