Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.8% 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	80.9% 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 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4870HQ 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 526 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 AF19) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4411 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 39.2 34% 41.1 fps	MRender 45.2 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 38.1 34% 41.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ts256gms TS256GMSA370 256GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 263 250 202 279 277 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 456 Write 202 Mixed 267 SusWrite 250 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 28.8 117% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 190 162% 239 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 198 Mixed 60.4 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
SDHC Card 16GB 8,111 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 28 29 29 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 24.8 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 28.2 36% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.6 105% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 20.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4870HQIntelBench 66%, 3,774 samples	3x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	1x

GPU
Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 5,483 samples	2x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	1x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	1x

SSD
MSA370 mSATA 256GBTranscend $189Bench 76%, 211 samples	2x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	1x
850 EVO mSATA 250GBSamsungBench 95%, 4,026 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	3x
99U5428-078.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 707 samples	1x

Value: 6% - Terrible

Total price: $189

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16