M4700 Owners Thread

I use high performance during the test.
I updated the BIOS to A07, same result.
Do I need any special BIOS settings?

 

No, you shouldn't. You can download Intel XTU and look at what the clock speed and temps are when running the benchmark (and tell us what they are). You can also check to make sure the CPU maximum is set to 100% in the power plan, it should be, but it won't hurt to check.

 

CPU max is 100% in the power plan.


I now got WEI 6,9.


I realized that I was using my old m4500 power adapter (130W instead of 180W), maybe that was the cause of the low performance....I wonder what score I'll get with a m6700 power adapter...

 

Yeah, the CPU not receiving enough power was an issue. I don't think the M6700 PSU would make a difference though. You got any idea what was the max frequency at which your 3840qm was running?

It looks to me like your CPU isn't clocking at full turbo on 4 cores,here's what the CPU assessment of a WEI run looks like on my M6700. During the CPU assessment spike, my CPU clocked at 3.39GHz and stayed there.


EDIT: derp! should look at the screenshots more closely, I assume 6.9 was the CPU score. oops! anyways, 7.7 is a normal score for your CPU.

 

China. M4700 bought in the EU.

 

The M6700 treats the 130w adapter like the 90w version. The system is kept in very conservative modes. This is why you were seeing these issues.

On the plus side, at least you can use a 90 or 130 watt adapter. On the older systems (M6300/M90), the system would be completely crippled. It was faster to shut down and let the battery charge. The modern Precisions are all still faster on any 90+w adapter.

 

I'm running the same CPU and RAM. The OS came installed on the HDD though. I have 7.9 on CPU and RAM, 6.7 on graphics, base score 5.9 dictaded by the hdd.

 

Has anyone had any experience running Windows from an esata drive on m4700? I'm asking for esata as I believe it's not possible to run Windows from an USB drive.

I'm looking for some kind of redundacy here. In the (hopefully) unlikely event the primary drive fails, I could quickly get back to work.

I could always swap the drive, but if it was possible to run from an external drive (usb or esata) it would be quicker and more convenient. The spare drive itself would also be better protected inside an enclosure.

Thanks!

 

In my experience, an eSATA port behaves like a normal SATA port, as long as you can boot from it, I don't see why it should be a problem. That said, I haven't tried it myself, but I'd say it is worth giving it a try.

EDIT: Yup, it works, just tried it.

 

Has anyone tried fitting a B156HW01 V4 or v7 to the M4700. Would love this laptop but want a better screen. I believe this was an option on the M4600?