Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	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.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 190 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 502 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 71%

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 0688) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3977 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.05% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 7 4% 18.1 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.17 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.05% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon L8H-128V2G-11 M.2 2280 128GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: F87110A SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 146 147 148 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 427 Write 148 Mixed 197 SusWrite 147 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 22.5 96% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 150 126% 185 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 128 130 131 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 133 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 130 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GB 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	251x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	87x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	80x

SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples	35x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples	21x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	20x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	130x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 10,651 samples	61x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	32x

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