Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.13% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EG45M-DS2H (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20081027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '18 at 06:24
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 2.85 GHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 39.5 2-Core 81.2 42% 63.9 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 147 20% 150 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E920) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	3.13% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 5.85 Parallax 2.75 3% 4.19 fps	MRender 3.24 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.65 3% 3.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.13% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 154 142 141 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 145 Write 132 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 147 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 803GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 127 125 124 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 117 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 126 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	MC Read 6.3 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6 18% 6.27 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 5.9 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 45%

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 Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	3x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	2x

GPU
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	4x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	2x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	2x

SSD
SSD 120GBCs900Bench 67%, 223 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	1x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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