Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.5% 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.

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 491 54% 427 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 21F5) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4491 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.31% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 4 Parallax 3.28 4% 3.99 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 9.04 5% 6.06 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.31% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13104 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4847 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 154 (B2) Unknown 81 81 752 (B3) Unknown 83 83 1362 (B4) Unknown 83 83 6702 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 17 (E8) Unknown 81 81 3280 (F1) Unknown 20 20 3455316728 (F2) Unknown 20 20 3428419361	42.5% Average	Read 248 Write 242 Mixed 231 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 9.78 45% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 13.4 32% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMT3170EB68E9W1600 Kingston 9905428-413.A00LF 0443 RMT3170EB68E9W1600 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	28x
Quadro K1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 4,204 samples	17x

SSD
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 65%, 6,648 samples	3x

RAM
CT102464BF160B.T16 4x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 25 samples	3x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 32GBHynixBench 55%, 17 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 680 samples	2x

Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $370

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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