Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.4% 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	83.1% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	73.3% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 488 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 38.6 36% 42 fps	MRender 44.6 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 38.6 34% 41.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300s Non-Secure 256GB 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2150000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 269 226 224 222 209 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 444 Write 420 Mixed 234 SusWrite 257 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 33.4 115% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 153 158% 260 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 98%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 12GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 76 73 80 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 71.8 Write 66.3 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 75.6 42% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GB 18,309 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 58%

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	467x
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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