Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.04% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4702MQ 21,618 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 172 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 461 47% 382 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 820M 958 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Legend(17AA 380E) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8165 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.04% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 4.7 Parallax 1.3 3% 3.2 fps	MRender 4.6 Gravity 4 Splatting 3.5 3% 4.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.04% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: LVD3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 67 67 66 79 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 97.7 Write 110 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 69.1 54% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.4 291% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GB 26,681 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	312x
GeForce GT 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 958 samples	46x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	34x

RAM
M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 30,873 samples	51x
RMT3170EB68F9W1600 2x4GBRamaxelBench 50%, 5,069 samples	31x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 47%, 26,681 samples	26x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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