Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% 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 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.6% 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)
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 (44%). 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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 69.7 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 154 61% 104 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 356 39% 309 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Clevo(1558 6555) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.7196 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 42.4 Parallax 37.4 34% 40.4 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 33.5 31% 38 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 274 Write 252 Mixed 247 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 31.5 104% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 42.5 DQ Mixed 207 125% 136 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$75 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 397GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 331 343 251 262 262 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 364 Write 414 Mixed 346 SusWrite 292 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 30 101% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 336 250% 332 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-018.A00LF 1315 CT102464BF160B.M16 16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.7% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 12.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	2x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	1x

SSD
850 EVO M.2 500GBSamsungBench 110%, 25,072 samples	2x
MX300 750GBCrucial $75Bench 89%, 24,471 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 680 samples	2x
99U5428-018.A00LF 1315 CT102464BF160B.M16 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 26 samples	1x

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