Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.8% 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	86.9% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 69,336 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 198 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 449 48% 375 Pts	64-Core 469 32% 469 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 63,246 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Acer(1025 0926) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7866 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 20.8 18% 20.7 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 24 Splatting 16.7 19% 21.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon IT L8T-256L9G 256GB 608 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: H881202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 392 372 397 394 371 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 450 Write 378 Mixed 279 SusWrite 384 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 27.7 102% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 223 193% 285 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 95%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 60,348 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: ACM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 108 105 112 109 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 72.4 Write 119 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 106 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 200% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 71%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 1,589 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 33GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 4 4.5 3.6 4 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 122 Write 19.7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 4.3 33% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GB 26,099 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 14.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 207,246 samples	410x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 15,859 samples	138x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 18%, 63,246 samples	124x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NU 256GBToshibaBench 77%, 1,728 samples	54x
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,166 samples	42x
RBU-SNS8100S3128GD 128GBKingstonBench 61%, 823 samples	23x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 26,099 samples	129x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 35,414 samples	119x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 47%, 23,550 samples	65x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16