Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.4% 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	61.9% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 69,536 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 71.4 1-Core 95 2-Core 179 66% 115 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 414 45% 354 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 1102) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9124 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.4% Below average	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 31.8 30% 39.3 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 34.3 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 7.5 24 28 24 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 741 Write 129 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 52.9 49% 232 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 18.8 76% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 31.6 DQ Mixed 13.9 40% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 742GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 113 113 114 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 114 Write 96.8 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 113 63% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 2x8GB 1,843 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 98.2 41% 98.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	77x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	44x
HD Graphics 5600IntelBench 4%, 7,009 samples	30x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	33x
RBU-SNS8100S3128GD1 128GBKingstonBench 63%, 932 samples	27x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	19x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	61x
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 2x8GBAdataBench 52%, 1,843 samples	21x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	17x

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