Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 422 47% 369 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.7% 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 17BD) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 6.56 3% 8.35 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.39 4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 508 498 492 479 466 460 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 862 Write 683 Mixed 488 SusWrite 484 141% 629 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 35 122% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 487 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 387 282% 372 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 220%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 866GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 103 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.2 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 102 60% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GB 77,702 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.3 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 9.5 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 33%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	162x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 63%, 5,497 samples	29x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	105x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples	64x
Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 5,483 samples	22x

SSD
RBU-SC100S37128GD 128GBKingstonBench 58%, 1,846 samples	18x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	12x
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	9x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	33x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	33x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	32x

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