Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.6% 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	66.8% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 168 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 421 44% 354 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Gigabyte(1458 A456) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 40.1 Parallax 36 33% 39 fps	MRender 41.7 Gravity 38 Splatting 35 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M6M 256GB 264 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 262 269 263 315 281 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 331 Write 282 Mixed 227 SusWrite 270 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 23.1 84% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 172 152% 228 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 99%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 671GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 102 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 100 64% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.2 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 39%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	5x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	3x
GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,914 samples	1x

SSD
HFS128G3AMNB-2200A 128GBBench 67%, 1,805 samples	3x
IT LMT-128L9M 128GBLiteonBench 81%, 1,236 samples	1x
840 Evo mSATA 500GBSamsungBench 95%, 727 samples	1x

RAM
M471B1G73BH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 30%, 1,072 samples	2x
BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 1x8GBCrucialBench 33%, 229 samples	2x
TS1GSK64W6H Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 12GBTranscendBench 40%, 27 samples	1x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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