Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 38 2-Core 76.2 40% 60.5 Pts	4-Core 101 8-Core 143 15% 122 Pts	64-Core 120 7% 120 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Q45/Q43 Express Chipset 16,152 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Dell(1028 0276) 2.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2869 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.54 Parallax 0.62 0% 0.61 fps	MRender 0.52 Gravity 0.47 Splatting 0.78 0% 0.59 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.53% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 117 118 122 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 122 Write 104 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 121 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	MC Read 5.4 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.53 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 5.03 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	81x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	35x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	27x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	29x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	19x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	18x

Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $117

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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