Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 47.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.88% 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	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Memory 69.4 1-Core 38 2-Core 75.7 40% 61 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 141 20% 146 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 4.83 Reflection 5.62 Parallax 3.84 4% 4.76 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 3.22 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 58 18 18 14 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 37 Write 29.3 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 26.8 26% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 2048, 1024, 1024, 1024 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.5 19% 6.63 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.3 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 34%

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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