Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

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 i7-4870HQ 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 481 50% 399 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 908 500 501 496 496 493 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 135%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 165GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 161 Write 42 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 42.2 51% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP SL 4TB 1,990 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 114 113 113 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 97.2 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 112 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.6 169% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 701 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 30.5 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 77%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 5,483 samples	6x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	3x
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 22%, 3,247 samples	3x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	3x
SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GBKingston $100Bench 67%, 901 samples	1x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	11x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	2x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	1x

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