Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.1% 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	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 477 47% 385 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 112D) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.1% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 38 Parallax 34.3 32% 37.1 fps	MRender 41.9 Gravity 36.6 Splatting 31.5 29% 36.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 250GB-$299 1,431 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT42B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 66 65 59 64 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 416 Write 372 Mixed 298 SusWrite 90 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 43.1 145% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 98.7 DQ Mixed 54 46% 65.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 958GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 350GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 327 323 326 327 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 286 Write 325 Mixed 277 SusWrite 290 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 34.4 120% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.6 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 41.8 34% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 104%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 532GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 117 116 119 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 77 SusWrite 118 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,168 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

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

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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