Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.11% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 65.3 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 148 57% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 333 37% 291 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% 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. 20.19.15.4835 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.11% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 30 Parallax 6.1 3% 13.2 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 4.4 3% 4.23 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.11% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Z400s M.2 2280 256GB 2,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2329012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 237 266 250 270 222 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 341 Write 259 Mixed 197 SusWrite 245 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 8.2 46% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 78.8 93% 157 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 80%
Seagate ST925032 0AS 250GB 1,499 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 201GB free Firmware: DE06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 62.8 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 66 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung MT451U6MFR8C-PB 2x8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.8% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 14 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 55%

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	253x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	88x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	80x

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

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	130x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 10,651 samples	61x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	33x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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