Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 45.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	19.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Memory 69 1-Core 33.5 2-Core 76.2 39% 59.6 Pts	4-Core 133 8-Core 140 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 144 9% 144 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 27.1 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 25 22% 22.3 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 18.9 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.CHN SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 23 26 35 35 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 33 Write 32.2 Mixed 29 SusWrite 27.8 23% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM SDRAM Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.1 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 4.9 15% 5.17 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 4.77 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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