Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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 i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 201 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 523 56% 446 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 6.53 3% 5.82 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.65 5% 6.31 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: SE0OA4A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 59 59 74 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 48.3 Write 59.2 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 65.9 35% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 60%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 102 Write 116 Mixed 78 126% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 170% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73EB0-YK0 Hynix 16GB 472 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 15.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 67%

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 $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