Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 193 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 518 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% MSI(1462 1129) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.05 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.6% Average	Lighting 50.1 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 47.9 41% 58.3 fps	MRender 54.3 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 44.4 40% 49.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 128GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 74 3.6 46 4.2 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 253 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 32.3 130% 181 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 5.8 1,554% 9.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 195%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 54GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 40 37 38 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 146 Write 52.1 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 44.2 91% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.6 134% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.4% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 57%

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	149x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	126x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	28x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	64x
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	47x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	29x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	51x
MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 1,392 samples	35x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	18x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16