Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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. 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.5% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

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 i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 64.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 177 65% 114 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 530 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 41.5 Parallax 37.9 36% 41.2 fps	MRender 43.4 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 35 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 222 216 236 229 233 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70% Good	Read 230 Write 220 Mixed 210 SusWrite 226 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 34.4 124% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 171 135% 186 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 118%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 267GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 816 830 763 788 792 802 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,075 Write 872 Mixed 928 SusWrite 798 206% 918 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 61.7 210% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 916 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 785 590% 794 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73DB0-YK0 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	466x
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	165x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	1x

SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	60x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	50x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	17x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	122x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	106x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	61x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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