Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.18% 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	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (44^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 Q9300-$38 10,428 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 36.7 2-Core 69.3 42% 61.6 Pts	4-Core 117 8-Core 121 16% 119 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.70 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.18% Terrible	Lighting 9.23 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 8.03 8% 9.45 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 21.4 12% 14.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 9.18% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 127 129 130 132 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 198 Write 153 Mixed 163 SusWrite 124 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 21.2 86% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 37.5 36% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 73%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 63GB free Firmware: PC4OC72E SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 30 18 11 19 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 25.3 Write 45.3 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 19.6 20% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	20.9% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 4.9 13% 4.67 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Pentium E5300Intel $59Bench 36%, 18,604 samples	10x
Pentium E5400Intel $75Bench 36%, 14,795 samples	9x
Pentium E6500Intel $96Bench 39%, 5,942 samples	8x

GPU
Radeon HD 4300ATIBench 1%, 14,988 samples	20x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	7x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	5x

SSD
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	3x
870 Evo 250GBSamsung $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $94

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16