Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4712MQ 5,324 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 185 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 472 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 820M 958 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Legend(17AA 380E) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9101 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	4.61% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 5.73 Parallax 4.81 5% 5.39 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 5.63 Splatting 6.09 5% 5.61 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.61% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 335 355 355 358 362 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 369 Write 350 Mixed 342 SusWrite 345 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 31.3 123% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 55.4 46% 64.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 125%
Seagate M3 Portable 3TB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 753GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 49.7 Write 58.6 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 60.3 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 204% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 57%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 358GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 81 82 82 83 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 80.8 Write 73.8 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 79.9 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SHARETRONIC 1x8GB 1,124 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.8 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 33%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	312x
GeForce GT 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 958 samples	46x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	34x

RAM
M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 30,873 samples	51x
RMT3170EB68F9W1600 2x4GBRamaxelBench 50%, 5,069 samples	31x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 47%, 26,681 samples	26x

Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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