Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.68% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 595 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11C9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	4.68% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 6.19 6% 14.5 fps	MRender 6.67 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 0.09 3% 4.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.68% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY 256GB 12,683 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 291 242 312 254 289 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 369 Write 379 Mixed 302 SusWrite 269 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 10.1 84% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 220 166% 226 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 98%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 611GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 104 105 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 104 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.2 124% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GB 122,420 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 10.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,216x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	296x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	931x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	302x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	279x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NY 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 12,683 samples	151x
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	66x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 176%, 11,069 samples	52x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	233x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	117x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	108x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16