Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.6% 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)
Boot Drive	44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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 i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 198 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 536 55% 445 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 44 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 38.4 36% 41.7 fps	MRender 43.9 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 35.3 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TD512HAGM-000L1 512GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT05L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 76 70 94 124 169 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.2% Average	Read 236 Write 63.7 Mixed 109 SusWrite 104 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 15.3 72% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 61.4 70% 123 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 80%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 676GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 124 125 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 29 SusWrite 124 71% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-018.A00LF Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 16GB 464 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 69%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	466x
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	165x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	1x

SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	60x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	50x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	17x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	122x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	106x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	61x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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