Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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	30.1% 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	86.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 184 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 480 49% 395 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1262 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.1% Below average	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 38.1 Parallax 36.7 28% 36.4 fps	MRender 43.5 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 39.2 34% 41.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300s Non-Secure 256GB 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2150000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 341 311 281 268 246 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 448 Write 398 Mixed 248 SusWrite 304 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 31.8 117% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 156 161% 263 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 98%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 200GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,686 Write 4,317 Mixed 4,266 987% 4,423 MB/s	4K Read 380 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 132 852% 238 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 557 436% 608 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	467x
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	165x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	1x

SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	60x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	50x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	17x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	122x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	106x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	61x

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