Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	74.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4860HQ 1,015 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 73.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 197 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 469 52% 408 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.57 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 52.8 129% 52.8 fps
Poor: 29% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 355 348 373 374 381 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 178 Write 385 Mixed 249 SusWrite 370 68% 296 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 31.6 104% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 171 158% 241 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 107%
Jmicron Generic 1TB 3,310 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 307GB free Firmware: 0214 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 37 36 38 39 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 138 Write 149 Mixed 107 SusWrite 35.2 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.2 103% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1315 CT102464BF160B.M16 16GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 20.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	346x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	227x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	1x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 133%, 1,434 samples	125x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	38x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	36x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	91x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	68x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	56x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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