Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 208 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 546 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,150 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,109 348% 1577 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 70.4 233% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 877 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 716 535% 719 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 583GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 106 107 104 96 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 14.9 Write 2 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 102 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2 332% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 1x16GB 3,487 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 13.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 49%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	2,157x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	840x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	1,534x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples	1,047x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	326x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	488x
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	212x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	172x

RAM
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 10,726 samples	352x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	283x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	258x

Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

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