Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	43.2% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4870HQ 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 178 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 413 46% 361 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M 10,379 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Lighting 53.6 Reflection 51.2 Parallax 52.6 44% 52.4 fps	MRender 56.9 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 48.9 42% 51.9 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 950 Write 703 Mixed 617 168% 757 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 31.3 119% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 477 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 404 293% 385 MB/s
Poor: 114% Great: 241%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 388GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 119 119 120 118 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 103 Write 117 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 118 66% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GB 2,172 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 17.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	346x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	227x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	1x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 133%, 1,434 samples	125x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	38x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	36x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	91x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	68x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	56x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16