Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 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 (99^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 99 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 360 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 1128) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1503 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 28.2 28% 31.7 fps	MRender 46.8 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 32.8 31% 38.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 SATA M.2 128GB 5,880 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: JUXA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 166 363 280 190 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 492 Write 442 Mixed 330 SusWrite 227 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 36.4 119% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 284 188% 223 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 98%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 170GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 94 94 94 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 95 Write 94.5 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 93.6 55% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1KFG/4G MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 12GB 483 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	149x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	126x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	28x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	64x
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	47x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	29x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	51x
MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 1,392 samples	35x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	18x

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