Notebook P17SM-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Notebook P17SM-A (all builds)
Motherboard	Notebook P17SM-A
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150728
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 09:23
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 523 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 73%

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? Clevo(1558 7481) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3958 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.19% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 54.2 Parallax 6.22 4% 21.6 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.26 5% 6.16 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.19% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 525 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 60 58 180390002728 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 136 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 128 (F2) Unknown 100 100 95 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 36864	99.6% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 494 Mixed 499 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 13.4 120% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 60.8 119% 236 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 150GB free Firmware: AX1P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1690 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 78822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 7233 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78216 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 1 1 77424 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 140224 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569282070 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 833 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 260 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	43.2% Average	Read 76.2 Write 74.1 Mixed 72.7 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,168 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.2 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Notebook P17SM-A

CPU
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	62x
Core i7-4810MQIntel $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples	33x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	10x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	80x
GTX 870MNvidiaBench 22%, 3,247 samples	11x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	11x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	8x
M500 mSATA 120GBCrucial $398Bench 59%, 916 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 10,168 samples	13x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	7x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	5x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $145

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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