Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.9% 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	24.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

PC Performing as expected (58^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 Q9500 5,111 User benchmarks, average bench 48% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 72.3 1-Core 49.7 2-Core 98.9 47% 73.6 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 199 26% 199 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS-512 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0502) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Lighting 9.53 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 3.56 8% 7.47 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 6.09 5% 6.44 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 68 54 76 89 57 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.8% Poor	Read 156 Write 87.7 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 76.7 22% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 10.6 44% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 9.3 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 12.1 9% 12.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 100%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 112GB free Firmware: VT100-50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 56 57 57 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 59.9 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 55.9 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 6.5 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.2 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 96.2 42% 96.2 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 38%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	42x
Xeon X5460Intel $190Bench 52%, 10,360 samples	23x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	20x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	12x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	8x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	8x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	11x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
SSDNOW 30GBKingstonBench 19%, 495 samples	5x

Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $129

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