Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	41.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

22 months ago, 15 months ago.

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4860HQ 986 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 74.3 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 128 58% 92.7 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 271 28% 218 Pts	64-Core 360 24% 360 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 8,158 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.2% Average	Lighting 52.4 Reflection 50.4 Parallax 50 42% 50.9 fps	MRender 55.5 Gravity 48.1 Splatting 46.7 40% 50.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300s Non-Secure 256GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2150000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 265 271 252 237 228 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	72% Very good	Read 399 Write 333 Mixed 227 SusWrite 247 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 25.5 89% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 150 154% 252 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 98%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 573,174 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 403GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 107 106 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 106 62% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GB 17,687 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 8,158 samples	718x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 40%, 9,604 samples	436x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 32%, 24,791 samples	2x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 135%, 1,418 samples	241x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,511 samples	75x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 174%, 7,722 samples	71x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,000 samples	211x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 17,687 samples	135x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 37,418 samples	104x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16