Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	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 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2670QM-$200 51,169 User benchmarks, average bench 56% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 147 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 343 36% 291 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 570M 621 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 10BD) 1.5GB Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 305.46 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 9% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 660GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001SDM5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 84 84 78 104 106 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	50% Average	Read 90.1 Write 93.5 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 84.2 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2S4G64CB8HG5N-CG 4x4GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 16 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 49%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
GeForce GTX 570MNvidiaBench 9%, 621 samples	42x
GeForce GTX 560MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,267 samples	16x
GeForce GT 555MNvidiaBench 4%, 4,170 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $68Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
Burst 480GBPatriotBench 76%, 16,899 samples	3x

RAM
M2S4G64CB8HG5N-CG 2x4GBNanyaBench 45%, 1,309 samples	6x
M2S4G64CB8HD5N-CG 2x4GBNanyaBench 46%, 571 samples	6x
M2S4G64CB8HD5N-CG 3x4GBNanyaBench 38%, 89 samples	5x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228