Monster ABRA A5 V1

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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 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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Monster ABRA A5 V1 (all builds)
Motherboard	MONSTER ABRA A5 V1
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '16 at 20:29
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 45 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 187 58% 109 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 421 48% 376 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.5% 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 3501) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.28% Terrible	Lighting 3.43 Reflection 6.54 Parallax 6 3% 5.32 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.57 4% 4.84 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.28% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 46 39 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 116951648	88.3% Excellent	Read 501 Write 403 Mixed 415 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 20.9 110% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 19.3 77% 173 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 118%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 889GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1399 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 68457 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 274879021092 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 75%
Samsung G2 Portable 640GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 146GB free, PID 6034 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	6.72% Terrible	Read 27.7 Write 7.96 Mixed 9.32 15% 15 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.26 20% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.72% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-053.A00LF 1x8GB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.2 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 180 22% 180 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 33%

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

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Monster ABRA A5 V1

CPU
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	49x
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	4x
Core i7-4712MQIntelBench 62%, 5,324 samples	2x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	44x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples	12x

SSD
240G 240GBHs-ssd-c100Bench 69%, 5,700 samples	4x
Chronos 240GBMushkin $99Bench 72%, 690 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	6x
2x8GBGKH800SO51208-1600Bench 54%, 664 samples	4x
OEM MONSTER 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 70 samples	4x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $50

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16