Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 201 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 576 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1BB0) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	2.77% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 8.25 0% 11.1 fps	MRender 7.62 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 14 8% 9.31 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1002 256GB 4,445 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4131002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 118 17 87 43 71 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 442 Write 250 Mixed 188 SusWrite 82.9 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 28.6 94% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 212 180% 266 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 89%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 204GB free Firmware: JB0OA3V0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 86 92 92 92 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 91 Write 71.5 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 91.1 52% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GB 36,753 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.6 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	871x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	172x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	672x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	371x

SSD
SD8SN8U256G1002 256GBSandiskBench 66%, 4,445 samples	108x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	108x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	34x

RAM
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	206x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	205x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	77x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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