Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 50%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus II Formula (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100415
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 14:15
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	50% Average	Memory 72.7 1-Core 40.7 2-Core 81.6 43% 65 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 161 21% 160 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 57%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Speeding HDD 0 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 642GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2569 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 49 47 46 48 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.7% Average	Read 103 Write 37.5 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 47.7 37% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 234% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	20.4% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 6.87 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 3.2 SC Mixed 4.4 10% 3.67 GB/s	Latency 95.2 42% 95.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	10x
Core2 Extreme X9650Intel $850Bench 53%, 3,122 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
Savage 240GBHyperX $117Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	3x
CS900 240GBPNY $25Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	2x

Value: 26% - Poor

Total price: $624

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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