Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 105 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 497 50% 407 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 71%

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? Asus(1043 18DD) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.58% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 5.44 3% 8.7 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.3 5% 5.77 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.58% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GB 7,448 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT2301Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 31 31 28 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 336 Write 43.8 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 30.3 25% 117 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 16.4 50% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 25.2 34% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 56%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 10GB free Firmware: M3CR022 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 461 Write 408 Mixed 393 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 36.4 122% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 302 242% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.M16 Samsung 12GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	115x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 63%, 5,497 samples	24x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	71x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	54x
Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 5,483 samples	14x

SSD
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $290Bench 185%, 5,772 samples	47x
X300s SATA M.2 256GBSanDiskBench 77%, 785 samples	12x
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	11x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB Samsung 8GBHynixBench 53%, 676 samples	33x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 16GBHynixBench 51%, 658 samples	33x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 Hynix 16GBSamsungBench 53%, 472 samples	20x

Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $290

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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