Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4870HQ 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 179 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 338 41% 314 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Gigabyte(1458 1756) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.6% Poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 39.3 17% 34 fps	MRender 44.4 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 37.4 33% 40.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 830 Write 792 Mixed 799 180% 807 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 12.7 85% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 12.3 57% 119 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 88GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 147 147 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 7268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1205 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 83088 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 197568757782 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 2x8GB 939 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 28.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 19.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 81%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 26%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-4870HQIntelBench 66%, 3,774 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	10x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	4x
Raid 0 Volume 2TBIntelBench 307%, 9,880 samples	1x
U100 64GBSandiskBench 35%, 381 samples	1x

RAM
BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 62%, 939 samples	5x
BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 4x8GBCrucialBench 68%, 86 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,963 samples	1x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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