Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 182 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 486 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K1000M 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 153E) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8216 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 340 302 228 406 338 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 984GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 60 58 81 92 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 46.1 Write 64.6 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 71.4 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5469-045.A00LF Samsung M471B5273EB0-YK0 99U5469-045.A00LF Samsung M471B5273EB0-YK0 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 55%

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	177x
Quadro K2000MNvidiaBench 6%, 4,288 samples	137x
Quadro K1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 4,204 samples	86x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	30x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x

RAM
X7C75G-HYC 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 524 samples	32x
M471B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 1,654 samples	15x
X7C75G-HYC 2x4GBKingstonBench 58%, 334 samples	11x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $220

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16