Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	135% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4870HQ 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 211 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 517 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Gigabyte(1458 1756) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 634 279 278 283 284 280 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 932 Write 897 Mixed 393 SusWrite 340 143% 640 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 51.9 182% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 309 277% 417 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 886GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 112 112 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 130 Write 108 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 110 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 0.7 270% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 79%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 2,654 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 25GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 28 28 27 28 29 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 63.3 Write 43.3 Mixed 37 SusWrite 26.9 54% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 2.2 122% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 20.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 26%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-4870HQIntelBench 66%, 3,774 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	10x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	4x
Raid 0 Volume 2TBIntelBench 307%, 9,880 samples	1x
U100 64GBSandiskBench 35%, 381 samples	1x

RAM
BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 62%, 939 samples	5x
BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 4x8GBCrucialBench 68%, 86 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,963 samples	1x

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