Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	12.6% 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	35.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

PC Performing above expectations (76^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% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 36 2-Core 71.5 42% 61.3 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 128 18% 133 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E115) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.9 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 11.6 13% 13.6 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 19.3 12% 14.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adaptec RAID 0 160GB 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 142 137 145 147 147 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.8% Below average	Read 435 Write 129 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 141 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 7.4 26% 9.63 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 50.3 DQ Mixed 36.3 28% 36 MB/s

Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 930GB free Firmware: 1AA01109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 92 91 91 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 98.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 92.2 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 62%
Adaptec RAID 0 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 424GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 149 146 143 148 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 112 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 148 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 1.8 374% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 177%

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 (56^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.9 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	7x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	6x
Core2 QuadIntel $90Bench 43%, 5,765 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	2x

Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $128

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