Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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.
Graphics	37.8% 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	38.5% 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 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.

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50% Average	Memory 74.3 1-Core 38.2 2-Core 76.2 42% 62.9 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 150 20% 151 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 46.4 Parallax 41.4 40% 45.8 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 37.8 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S 700 Pro 512G 512GB 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q082 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 95 100 103 101 104 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.5% Below average	Read 125 Write 105 Mixed 110 SusWrite 96 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 25.7 81% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 48.5 DQ Write 43.7 DQ Mixed 35.4 30% 42.5 MB/s

WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 105 105 106 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 104 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 198% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 61%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 80 67 58 83 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 50 Write 76.3 Mixed 65 SusWrite 72.8 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.5% Very poor	MC Read 4.4 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 4.2 14% 5.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.2 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	10x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
WDB NCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 82%, 120 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	2x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $378

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