Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.1% 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	80.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 95 2-Core 124 64% 101 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 183 28% 205 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% 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: 388.57 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 44.1 Parallax 39.2 34% 41.7 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 33.2 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 253 236 294 452 570 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 768 Write 372 Mixed 326 SusWrite 339 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 26.5 85% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 75.5 DQ Mixed 39.7 34% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 160%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 516GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 47 71 93 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 98.5 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 86.2 55% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% 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 below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 15.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.1% 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	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) $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