Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 505 57% 445 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 18DD) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 19.2 18% 19.6 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 17.1 Splatting 16.6 15% 19.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 657GB free (System drive) Firmware: SE0OA4A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 154 154 8589934592 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2864 (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 91 91 4136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2063 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7999 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193274839076 (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	36.3% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 64.1 Mixed 55.8 46% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.14 53% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 12GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 145 Write 91.5 Mixed 101 135% 112 MB/s	4K Read 5.02 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 1.49 136% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB Samsung 8GB 676 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 15.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	115x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 63%, 5,497 samples	24x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	71x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	54x
Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 5,483 samples	14x

SSD
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $290Bench 185%, 5,772 samples	47x
X300s SATA M.2 256GBSanDiskBench 77%, 785 samples	12x
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	11x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB Samsung 8GBHynixBench 53%, 676 samples	33x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 16GBHynixBench 51%, 658 samples	33x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 Hynix 16GBSamsungBench 53%, 472 samples	20x

Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $290

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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