Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.8% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 179 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 497 49% 399 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% MSI(1462 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 52.8 Parallax 48.6 80% 66.4 fps	MRender 58.6 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 50.1 43% 53.4 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 280 235 154 97 8.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 991 Write 606 Mixed 319 SusWrite 201 117% 529 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 19.2 80% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 105 136% 239 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 883GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 122 122 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 122 68% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 75%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 157 158 164 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 169 Write 149 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 158 186% 140 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.7 278% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 17.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	33x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	9x
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	7x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	26x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,944 samples	16x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	11x

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