Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-3720QM-$100 9,911 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 184 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 454 47% 381 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.2% 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. 10.18.10.5059 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	4.06% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 3.16 4% 5.4 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 8.7 5% 5.52 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.06% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X21c64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 370 363 348 198 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 344 Write 311 Mixed 297 SusWrite 278 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 23.1 74% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 194 147% 194 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 99%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 284GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 90 89 91 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 58.2 Write 90.2 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 90.7 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 165% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 1x8GB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 32%

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16