Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 496 50% 407 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 18DD) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.04% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 17 Parallax 6.88 3% 9.3 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.13 5% 6.51 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.04% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300s SATA M.2 256GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2170002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3792 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1976 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 148 (A9) Unknown 100 100 558 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 62 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 73 313533399085 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 518 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16329 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7944 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9943 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49.2% Average	Read 413 Write 233 Mixed 291 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 8.04 49% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 7.78 33% 68 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 98%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 804GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 102 Mixed 95.2 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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 below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.4% 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) $37	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