Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.7% 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	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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (41^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 33.7 2-Core 62.4 40% 57.1 Pts	4-Core 97.6 8-Core 104 13% 101 Pts	64-Core 112 7% 112 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 (SLI Disabled) 1,059 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 0705) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 8.15 Parallax 5.09 15% 10.4 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 8.87 Splatting 6.09 6% 7.86 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Nvidia STRIPE 1.81T 2TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1TB free (System drive) SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 155 179 192 196 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 185 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 171 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.6 295% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 123%
Apple iPod 1GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 0GB free, PID 1301 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	0.69% Terrible	Read 0.8 Write 0.8 Mixed 0.7 SusWrite 0.8 1% 0.77 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 8% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.69% Great: 2%
WD 10EADS External 1TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 158GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 31 31 32 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 33 Write 27.7 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 30.7 40% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DRAM Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	MC Read 4.4 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 3.8 13% 4.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 4.8 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	13x
Core2 6600Intel $90Bench 37%, 8,894 samples	4x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	5x
GTX 560Nvidia $180Bench 14%, 23,273 samples	2x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	2x

SSD
CS90 0 240GB SSDPNYBench 67%, 400 samples	5x
SSD320 128GBTranscend $92Bench 46%, 1,687 samples	3x
CT500P3PSSD8 500GBBench 211%, 5,985 samples	2x

Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $252

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