Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	42.2% 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)
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (41^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 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	48.9% Average	Memory 72.9 1-Core 42.2 2-Core 63.5 41% 59.5 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 219 22% 178 Pts	64-Core 221 14% 221 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Clevo(1558 6556) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Lighting 51.2 Reflection 52.7 Parallax 47.3 42% 50.4 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 50.1 43% 53.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT256G1122 256GB 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 155 162 169 184 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 429 Write 302 Mixed 237 SusWrite 182 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 11.3 63% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 81.6 92% 154 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 239GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 68 66 68 67 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 90.7 Write 92.1 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 66.7 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 68GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 9.8 9.7 7.8 9.6 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6N1 2x8GB 3,237 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.4 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 94.9 42% 94.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 59%

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

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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