Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 102 2-Core 179 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 507 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

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? Dell(1028 05BE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7 3% 7.47 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.5 4% 5.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-256M6M mSATA 256GB 4,013 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2M8410F SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 321 291 318 331 331 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 409 Write 325 Mixed 234 SusWrite 320 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 22.6 79% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 182 158% 234 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 88%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 842GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 100 100 101 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 85.4 Write 67.7 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 99 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%
iriver DOMINO 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 19 19 20 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.76% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 12 Mixed 7 SusWrite 18.8 18% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 36% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.76% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GB 13,765 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2,183x
Radeon HD 8790MAMDBench 5%, 1,243 samples	104x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	4x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	140x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	111x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	68x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $178

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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