Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.4% 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	70.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5700HQ 14,004 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 156 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 394 43% 339 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 1139) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.7362 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 18.6 Reflection 19.1 Parallax 20.6 15% 19.4 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 18.6 19% 23.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 248 243 241 212 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 383 Write 247 Mixed 210 SusWrite 223 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 22 105% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 157 136% 198 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 98%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 371GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 420 427 409 407 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 429 Mixed 385 SusWrite 413 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 29.7 119% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 50 90% 172 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 102%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 14GB free, PID 05b8 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 17 18 15 15 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 127 Write 9.8 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 15.9 35% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 52% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905428-417.A00LF Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 16GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.2% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 11.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 16.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics 5600IntelBench 4%, 7,009 samples	133x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	97x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	57x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NU 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 1,940 samples	25x
HFS128G39MNC-3310A 128GBBench 78%, 1,122 samples	14x
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	11x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	69x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	45x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples	29x

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