Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 59.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.4% 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	74.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Memory 67.4 1-Core 98 2-Core 174 64% 113 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 421 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 1125) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3039 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 41.4 Parallax 37.4 34% 40.3 fps	MRender 44 Gravity 40 Splatting 34.7 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1002 256GB 4,445 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4131002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 184 161 166 166 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 460 Write 436 Mixed 239 SusWrite 176 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 31.6 109% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 224 176% 243 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 89%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 137 135 137 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 136 78% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GB 6,146 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.3% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.3 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 32%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics 5600IntelBench 4%, 7,009 samples	84x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	59x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	53x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	51x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	9x
HFS128G39MNC-3310A 128GBBench 78%, 1,122 samples	8x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	63x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples	29x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	21x

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