Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.2% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 189 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 491 55% 430 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 053E) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	4.03% Terrible	Lighting 4.8 Reflection 4 Parallax 3.22 4% 4.01 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.83 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.03% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 407 441 386 408 402 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 433 Write 421 Mixed 299 SusWrite 406 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 24.4 84% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 147 158% 262 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 107%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 128GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 100GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 153 152 153 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 344 Write 156 Mixed 185 SusWrite 152 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 17.6 66% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 114 86% 116 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston X7C75G-HYC 2x4GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 68%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	176x
Quadro K2000MNvidiaBench 6%, 4,288 samples	137x
Quadro K1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 4,204 samples	85x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	30x
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x

RAM
X7C75G-HYC 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 524 samples	32x
M471B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 1,654 samples	15x
X7C75G-HYC 2x4GBKingstonBench 58%, 334 samples	11x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $220

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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