Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.9% 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	82.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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

PC Performing as expected (53^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 165 63% 109 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 473 46% 380 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 1103) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 20.7 18% 20.5 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 16.4 17% 21.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 389 344 334 333 339 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 632 Write 437 Mixed 389 SusWrite 349 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 22.2 79% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 206 171% 248 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 885GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 121 123 122 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 121 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 122 71% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GB 4,507 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 13.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 96.4 42% 96.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	9x
Core i7-5700HQIntelBench 69%, 14,004 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	8x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	7x
HD Graphics 5600IntelBench 4%, 7,009 samples	3x

SSD
HFS128G3AMNB-2200A 128GBBench 67%, 1,805 samples	5x
256GB 256GBKingchuxingBench 102%, 427 samples	4x
THNSNF128GCSS 128GBToshibaBench 68%, 2,061 samples	2x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	5x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G TechyTeam 16GBKingstonBench 49%, 5 samples	5x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	2x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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