Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 517 61% 471 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 5600 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 1139) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	1.79% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 7.69 0% 8.48 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 5.73 Splatting 7.48 5% 6.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.79% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 86 101 102 67 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 89.7 66% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 75%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 163GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 25 28 30 25 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 26 Write 30 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 27.2 37% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GB 6,146 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 32%

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	133x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	97x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	57x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NU 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 1,940 samples	25x
HFS128G39MNC-3310A 128GBBench 78%, 1,122 samples	14x
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	11x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	69x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	45x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples	29x

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