Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.2% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4810MQ-$400 26,927 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 567 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 75%

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? MSI(1462 1105) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.43% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 7.59 4% 15.1 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 8.91 6% 7.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.43% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 315 333 332 346 340 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 390 Write 417 Mixed 293 SusWrite 340 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 20.3 102% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 181 154% 219 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 107%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 889GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 128 130 127 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 109 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 126 69% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 2x8GB 1,843 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	358x
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 22%, 3,247 samples	82x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	47x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	40x
Raid 0 Volume 384GBIntelBench 130%, 1,400 samples	28x
HG6 mSATA 128GBToshibaBench 71%, 3,217 samples	16x

RAM
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 1x8GBAdataBench 28%, 4,045 samples	33x
M2S8G64CC8HB5N-DI 2x8GBNanyaBench 51%, 1,393 samples	28x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	24x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $400

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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