Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4210H 12,540 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 75.8 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 175 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 240 33% 246 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 65%

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? MSI(1462 1134) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5166 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	2.9% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 52.2 Parallax 5.5 3% 20.4 fps	MRender 4.7 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 4.4 3% 3.8 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.9% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS800 M.2 128GB-$126 5,326 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 471 Write 151 Mixed 200 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 24.7 71% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 28 DQ Mixed 145 104% 139 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 82%
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 34GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 194 188 188 188 186 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 402 Write 277 Mixed 198 SusWrite 198 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 26 83% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 224 182% 260 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 127GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 83 84 80 81 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 78.5 Write 50.6 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 80.6 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G MSI16D3LS1MNG/4G 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 52%

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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16