Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.4% 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	79.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 194 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 391 42% 332 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Legend(17AA 3978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4575 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 20.3 19% 20.4 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 17.3 17% 21.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 248 255 255 257 256 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 467 Write 253 Mixed 260 SusWrite 251 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 32.2 112% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 188 158% 228 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 123%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 170GB free Firmware: 8101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 63 67 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 58.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 64.8 41% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 39%
WDC WD12 00BEVS-22UST0 120GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 112GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 39.5 Mixed 27 SusWrite 40.7 49% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 16 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 59%

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	1,798x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples	630x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	407x

SSD
MZ7TE512HMHP-000 512GBSamsungBench 75%, 3,033 samples	136x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 69%, 2,145 samples	128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	102x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	420x
RMT3160ME68FAF1600 2x8GBRamaxelBench 52%, 3,672 samples	237x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	224x