LG 15Z970-A.AAS7U1

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.46% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 93% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	LG 15Z970-A.AAS7U1 (all builds)
Motherboard	LG 15Z970
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '20 at 21:08
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%
CPU Throttled	93%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7500U 139,101 User benchmarks, average bench 48% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 57.4 2-Core 97.4 47% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 179 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake) 387,149 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(1854 0273) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.46% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 6.09 5% 6.84 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 5.47 Splatting 12 7% 8.12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.46% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS512G39TND-N210A 512GB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30002P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 313 313 245 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 385 Write 340 Mixed 250 SusWrite 260 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 22.3 82% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 226 200% 300 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 95%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1.5TB 1,258 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 996GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 103 103 102 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 83 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 103 62% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-TF MEM-DOWN 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.7% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 70%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: LG 15Z970-A.AAS7U1

CPU
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	5x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	5x

SSD
MZNLN512HMJP-000B1 512GBSamsungBench 97%, 130 samples	1x
HFS512G39TND-N210A 512GBBench 78%, 3,378 samples	1x
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB MEM-DOWN 16GBSamsungBench 64%, 28 samples	3x
1x8GBMEM-DOWNBench 37%, 806 samples	2x

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