Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4700HQ-$370 42,062 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 488 52% 417 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 3GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2016 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.5% Average	Lighting 55.4 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 55.9 45% 59.2 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 68.7 55% 66.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 472 Mixed 363 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.2 208% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 392GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 76 76 75 73 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 81 Write 85.2 Mixed 35 SusWrite 75.4 50% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173BH0-YK0 M471B5173DB0-YK0 M471B5173BH0-YK0 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.7% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4700HQIntel $370Bench 62%, 42,062 samples	388x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,671 samples	39x
M471B5173BH0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 4,546 samples	38x
M471B5173BH0-YK0 3x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 489 samples	36x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $408

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