Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A (all builds)
Motherboard	Notebook P15SM-A/SM1-A
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140327
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 15:19
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4900MQ-$110 5,651 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 563 57% 460 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 78%

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. 10.18.14.5074 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.37% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 7.47 4% 12.1 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 8.65 6% 7.38 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.37% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 382 390 382 392 394 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 455 Mixed 328 SusWrite 392 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 46.5 177% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 178 155% 223 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
Samsung Portable SSD T1 500GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 364GB free, PID 8002 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 309 306 317 316 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 305 Write 321 Mixed 268 SusWrite 313 413% 302 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 39.2 3,793% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 42.8 4,323% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 329%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 558 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 104 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 70.1 Write 80.8 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 105 109% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 192% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.T16 1315 CT102464BF160B.M16 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 57%

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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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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

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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