Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.9% 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	89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5700HQ 14,004 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 164 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 406 39% 323 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 1134) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3648 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 41.9 Parallax 38 35% 40.9 fps	MRender 44.4 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 35.4 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 146 142 137 140 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 497 Write 455 Mixed 382 SusWrite 171 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 46.3 165% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 137 110% 159 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 122%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 19GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 73 76 76 75 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 99.2 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 75.6 54% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 75%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 35GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 8.2 8.6 8.6 8.1 8.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Read 32 Write 18 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 8.6 18% 16 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.1 54% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/4G MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 12GB 1,042 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.4% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.8 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics 5600IntelBench 4%, 7,009 samples	87x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	64x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	45x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	24x
HFS128G39MNC-3310A 128GBBench 78%, 1,122 samples	22x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	8x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	54x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	31x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples	25x

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