Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^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% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Memory 67.5 1-Core 38.6 2-Core 81.6 40% 62.6 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 153 21% 156 Pts	64-Core 155 10% 155 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 351A) 1GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 9.81 10% 11.7 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 15.7 12% 14.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 89 90 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 93.3 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 89.9 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 70%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 31 38 32 30 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 46 Write 49 Mixed 33.4 SusWrite 30.7 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 419GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 99 101 99 99 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 97.9 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.6 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 5.5 17% 5.87 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 28%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	29x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	9x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	8x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	7x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	7x
GTX 460 SENvidiaBench 10%, 3,122 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $209

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