Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 75 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 115 51% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 291 31% 246 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 053F) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	4.16% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 3.28 4% 3.27 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 2.63 Splatting 9 5% 5.27 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.16% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 120GB-$91 661 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT43B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 401 Write 394 Mixed 273 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 26.5 4K Mixed 20.9 72% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 127 92% 120 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 644GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 88 89 88 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 88 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 88 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6EFR8A-PB HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 6.6 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	127x
Quadro K4000MNvidiaBench 12%, 631 samples	80x
Quadro K3000MNvidiaBench 8%, 2,310 samples	72x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	18x
LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 11,477 samples	11x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $122Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	10x

RAM
X7C75G-HYC 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 524 samples	17x
NT8GC64B8HB0NS-DI 2x8GBNanyaBench 52%, 612 samples	15x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	10x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $220

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16