Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.7% 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	128% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (40^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 74.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 518 54% 435 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M 10,379 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.57 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.7% Poor	Lighting 31.7 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 38 26% 33 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 45.4 34% 41.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 581 570 575 574 562 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,033 Write 874 Mixed 577 SusWrite 571 171% 764 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 37.2 116% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 472 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 486 325% 396 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 220%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 200GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 82.4 Write 85.5 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 91.5 50% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 4x8GB 1,944 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 26 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 18.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 92.1 43% 92.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 70%

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	346x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	227x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	1x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 133%, 1,434 samples	125x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	38x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	36x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	91x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	68x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	56x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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