Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	28% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 48.8 2-Core 97.1 50% 76.1 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 188 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.769 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 64.9 Parallax 91.8 62% 77.7 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 83 59% 69.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple SS D TS128A 121GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGAB Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28% Poor	Read 125 Write 82.5 Mixed 91.8 22% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 10 57% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 35.9 DQ Mixed 9.07 12% 22.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 173GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 61.3 Write 37.1 Mixed 38.7 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.25 53% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 39%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 497GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 97.6 Mixed 92.7 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.15 53% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 163GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.3 Mixed 87.5 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DRAM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.7% Very poor	MC Read 4.7 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 4.1 16% 5.47 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 6.2 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 45%

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

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HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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