Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 152 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 347 38% 303 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 965M 3,914 User benchmarks, average bench 24% MSI(1462 1134) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5638 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 27.8 28% 31 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 28 Splatting 25.2 22% 27.2 fps
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G39TND-N210A 256GB 39,780 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30001P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 176 157 238 135 192 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 417 Write 160 Mixed 208 SusWrite 178 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 24.9 91% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 102 132% 238 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 83%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 486GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 129 131 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 130 78% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GB 4,507 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics 5600IntelBench 4%, 7,009 samples	87x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	64x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	45x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	24x
HFS128G39MNC-3310A 128GBBench 78%, 1,122 samples	22x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	8x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	54x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	31x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples	25x

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