Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	46.2% 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 above expectations (68^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 Q9450-$110 5,335 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 45.9 2-Core 97.1 51% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 194 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple SS D TS128C 121GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: CJAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 167 179 164 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 216 Write 189 Mixed 113 SusWrite 170 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 25.1 80% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 75.9 DQ Mixed 33.9 30% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 46%
Gb0500ea FYL 500GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 312GB free Firmware: HPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 97 Write 10.5 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 10.7 25% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 57%

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)	21.2% Poor	MC Read 5.1 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 4.4 17% 5.83 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 6.6 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	21x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	18x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 660-TiNvidia $362Bench 26%, 42,960 samples	7x
GeForce 9800 GTXNvidiaBench 8%, 3,983 samples	7x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	5x

Value: 25% - Poor

Total price: $489

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16