Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HQ 15,851 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 588 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 224C) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8476 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	2.75% Terrible	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 62.9 Parallax 7.9 0% 23.7 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 10.4 8% 9.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.75% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme LENSE10256GMSP34 256GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.3.2902 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 760 840 885 885 779 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,005 Write 870 Mixed 604 SusWrite 836 186% 829 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 56.5 200% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 307 250% 351 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 196%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 22.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 78%

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

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HDD

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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