Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.7% 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	81.4% 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.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 514 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 1138) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 20.4 19% 20.5 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 17.3 18% 22 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128G39MNC-3310A 128GB 1,122 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20001P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 246 283 277 204 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 452 Write 302 Mixed 274 SusWrite 227 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 29.5 112% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 237 206% 306 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 92%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 692GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 121 123 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 116 Write 93 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 122 64% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	31.6% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 10.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 32%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics 5600IntelBench 4%, 7,009 samples	171x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	103x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	33x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	23x
HFS128G39MNC-3310A 128GBBench 78%, 1,122 samples	23x
860 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 101%, 35,237 samples	7x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples	53x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/4G MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 12GBKingstonBench 41%, 1,042 samples	28x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	25x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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