Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	91.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 101 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 541 59% 466 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk G5 BICS4 500GB 7,142 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 222 214 215 214 218 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 436 Mixed 339 SusWrite 227 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 36.7 143% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 258 218% 320 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 895GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 102 105 105 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 26.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 103 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GB 30,591 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 20.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	227x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 63%, 5,497 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,914 samples	246x

SSD
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	12x
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK128MBF 128GBBench 82%, 465 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	43x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	39x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	13x

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