Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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 way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 202 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 477 54% 422 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Clevo(1558 7481) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 6.8 3% 18.2 fps	MRender 7.8 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 4% 5.03 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 884GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 427 428 419 417 414 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 406 Mixed 385 SusWrite 424 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 55.5 180% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 349 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 931GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 99 100 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 97.2 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 98.9 60% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 931GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 97 96 98 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 86.1 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 96.3 58% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-063.A00LF 4x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	80x
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 22%, 3,247 samples	11x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	11x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	8x
M500 mSATA 120GBCrucial $398Bench 59%, 916 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 10,168 samples	13x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	7x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	5x

Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $145

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16