Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.2% 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	62.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 57.2 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 146 55% 96.3 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 486 45% 374 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 38.8 33% 40.9 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 34.3 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300s Non-Secure 128GB 1,499 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2150000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 191 190 188 177 176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 388 Write 252 Mixed 172 SusWrite 186 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 22.8 83% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 143 129% 197 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 94%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 585GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 106 108 108 105 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 100 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 107 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GB 18,309 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 11.5 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 136 29% 136 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	470x
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	165x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	1x

SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	60x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	50x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	17x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	122x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	107x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	61x

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