Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. 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 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.25% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 191 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 439 40% 338 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Clevo(1558 3550) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4141 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.25% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 5.75 5% 5.35 fps	MRender 6.95 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 8.48 6% 7.09 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 5.25% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: SM28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 83 73 98 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 92.7 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 401% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 65%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 165GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 119 129 119 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 126 Write 114 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 114 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,168 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 19.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i5-4210MIntelBench 51%, 15,981 samples	1x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,963 samples	1x

Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $38

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