Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 186 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 412 41% 333 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 71%

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? Gigabyte(1458 A456) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.07% Terrible	Lighting 3.13 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 5.09 3% 16.6 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 2.17 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.85 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.07% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron M600 mSATA 256GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 217GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 411 437 402 423 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 439 Mixed 348 SusWrite 416 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 41.2 145% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 249 212% 310 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 502GB free (System drive) Firmware: SM14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 101 101 99 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 41.4 Write 105 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 96.1 48% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.5 309% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 65%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 2 1.6 2 2 1.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.25% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 1.5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 1.7 5% 6.15 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 1% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.25% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173BH0-CK0 2x4GB 2,461 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 12 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 55%

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) $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