Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

PC Performing as expected (46^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% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 74.6 1-Core 40.6 2-Core 81.3 43% 65.5 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 159 22% 160 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 2600-PRO 190 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Diamond(1092 0632) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.69% Terrible	Lighting 2.03 Reflection 3.69 Parallax 1 2% 2.24 fps	MRender 2.14 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 3.09 2% 2.03 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.69% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MSH-256 253GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0831A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 55 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8987 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8234 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (F1) Unknown 100 100 36606 (F2) Unknown 100 100 47938 (F5) Unknown 100 100 58266	43.1% Average	Read 238 Write 216 Mixed 229 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 3.18 68% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 58.5 DQ Mixed 3.32 13% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 61%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 4GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 27.9 Write 72.5 Mixed 36.2 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.38 86% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.2 19% 6.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.5 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

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