Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 203 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 540 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 76%

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? MSI(1462 10EA) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 6.6 3% 12.3 fps	MRender 7.5 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5 4% 5.07 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 85 94 86 73 86 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.4% Above average	Read 225 Write 138 Mixed 147 SusWrite 89.1 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 32.7 123% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 136 108% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 89%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 436GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 71.5 Write 70.4 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 94.6 48% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-073.A00G 4x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 780MNvidiaBench 23%, 3,739 samples	1x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	1x

SSD
SP900 256GBAdata $300Bench 74%, 9,430 samples	2x

RAM
99U5428-073.A00G 4x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 33 samples	2x

Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $450

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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