Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.5% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A (all builds)
Motherboard	Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140327
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '20 at 19:28
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4810MQ-$400 26,927 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 201 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 486 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 75%

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? Clevo(1558 5281) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.57% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 6.81 3% 14.4 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 2.63 Splatting 8.22 5% 5.35 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.57% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 mSATA 120GB-$398 916 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 60 53 52 52 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 428 Write 138 Mixed 197 SusWrite 60.6 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 32.2 126% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 114 103% 160 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 462GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 437 370 406 417 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 471 Mixed 414 SusWrite 397 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 56.9 189% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 234 209% 316 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GB 40,451 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.8% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 7.8 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 32%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A

CPU
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	47x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $48Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	34x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	9x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	63x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	15x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	12x

SSD
PM871 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 76%, 2,585 samples	17x
M500 mSATA 240GBCrucial $120Bench 70%, 1,180 samples	7x
840 Evo mSATA 250GBSamsung $299Bench 89%, 1,431 samples	6x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 27%, 562 samples	8x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	7x
TS1GSK64W6H 2x8GBTranscendBench 54%, 1,168 samples	5x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16