Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 21% Surfboard	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 23.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	3.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4700HQ-$370 42,062 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.5% Poor	Memory 20 1-Core 21 2-Core 33.9 15% 25 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 284 25% 214 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 74%

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 129D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3368 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.16% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 5.1 3% 3.9 fps	MRender 5.6 Gravity 2 Splatting 3.9 3% 3.83 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.16% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC81605 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 212 238 249 217 257 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.3% Average	Read 258 Write 228 Mixed 189 SusWrite 237 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 9.3 33% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 186 153% 218 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 101%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 693GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 126 128 130 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 39 SusWrite 127 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GB 22,647 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 2 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 4.7 10% 3.5 GB/s	Latency 320 12% 320 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	166x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 14%, 13,931 samples	104x

SSD
LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 11,477 samples	26x
RBU-SC100S37256GD 256GBKingstonBench 63%, 982 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,647 samples	82x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 30,873 samples	76x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	12x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $370

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