Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.6% 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	87.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 546 53% 437 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.6% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 26.8 20% 26.8 fps	MRender 35.6 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 37.2 27% 32.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300s Non-Secure 128GB 1,499 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2150000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 244 241 232 218 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 468 Write 314 Mixed 197 SusWrite 240 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 35.6 133% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 149 154% 252 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 94%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 469GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 129 130 130 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 130 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 12GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	466x
GeForce GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 6,247 samples	165x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	1x

SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	60x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples	50x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	17x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	122x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	106x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	61x

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