Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	186% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7300HQ 170,871 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 187 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 385 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1A10) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8477 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	4.87% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 6.5 4% 14.4 fps	MRender 6.7 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 9.1 6% 7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.87% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 161 304 260 260 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,500 Write 1,003 Mixed 940 SusWrite 262 206% 926 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 74.9 254% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 812 DQ Write 598 DQ Mixed 244 307% 551 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 236%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 913GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 126 126 129 134 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 127 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GB 36,396 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,011x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	164x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	745x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	430x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	220x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV512TBN 512GBBench 79%, 14,424 samples	136x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	135x

RAM
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	463x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	144x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	73x

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