Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% 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 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	4.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	155% 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	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 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 i7-7700HQ 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 85.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 584 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 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 11F9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9316 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	4.8% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 88 Parallax 7.2 5% 33.8 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 9.1 Splatting 0.1 4% 6.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.8% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 649 676 753 722 804 598 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 658 Write 405 Mixed 569 SusWrite 700 131% 583 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45.7 169% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 832 DQ Write 708 DQ Mixed 570 481% 703 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 207%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 116GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 82 81 78 80 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 80.2 66% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 78%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	444x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	194x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	179x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	71x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NY 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 12,683 samples	87x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	59x
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG6 256GBKingstonBench 76%, 711 samples	21x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	155x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	65x
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	41x

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