Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4980HQ 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 185 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 465 50% 396 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% MSI(1462 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 49.4 Parallax 46.4 79% 64.2 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 46.8 41% 51 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 265 225 271 293 327 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 1,039 Write 706 Mixed 600 SusWrite 315 148% 665 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 29.3 88% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 470 349% 460 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 821GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 129 119 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 122 66% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 825GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 99 Write 100 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 105 122% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 45%

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)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 21 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	33x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	9x
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	7x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	26x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 54%, 1,944 samples	16x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	11x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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