Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 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.

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 537 58% 461 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 1909) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4889 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.38% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 7.56 4% 5.89 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 2.63 Splatting 8.91 6% 7.21 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.38% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Vaseky V800/240G 240GB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0423B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 374 331 6.9 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 466 Write 370 Mixed 318 SusWrite 128 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.5 45% 11 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 93%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 439GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 145 146 143 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 143 Write 110 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 144 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 82%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 222GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 81 83 78 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 83.9 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73QH0-YK0 16GB 1,257 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
Quadro K2100MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,539 samples	153x
Quadro K1100MNvidiaBench 5%, 5,195 samples	117x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	106x

SSD
MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GBSamsungBench 85%, 3,736 samples	17x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	12x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	41x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	20x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	15x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $150

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