Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	2.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8600-$180 6,109 User benchmarks, average bench 44% LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.8% Poor	Memory 52.2 1-Core 27.1 2-Core 53.9 30% 44.4 Pts	4-Core 46 8-Core 42.8 6% 44.4 Pts	64-Core 23.6 2% 23.6 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 82AE) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2.13% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 4.27 Parallax 0.81 2% 2.52 fps	MRender 3.71 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 3.09 2% 2.87 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.13% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Maxtor STM3250820AS 250GB 2,495 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 43 48 46 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 20 Write 19.7 Mixed 16 SusWrite 49.3 19% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 44%
USB2.0 Flash Disk 4GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 0000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.7 9.5 9.7 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.49% Terrible	Read 13.8 Write 5.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 9.8 10% 8.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.49% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 5.5 18% 6.27 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5.9 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 27%

Raft

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	15x
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	13x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $150Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	13x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $326

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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