Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 41.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 18,524 User benchmarks, average bench 50% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Memory 60.3 1-Core 48.3 2-Core 96 43% 68.2 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 112 18% 127 Pts	64-Core 88.2 6% 88.2 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 17,717 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Zotac(19DA 1167) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	3.41% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 5.7 Parallax 1.3 3% 3.67 fps	MRender 5.5 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.3 4% 4.37 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.41% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 20,049 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 85 82 91 87 83 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38% Below average	Read 252 Write 134 Mixed 196 SusWrite 93.9 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 15.2 62% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 25.6 32% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 156,406 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 5.5 17% 6 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 5.9 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $40Bench 44%, 58,154 samples	4x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 50%, 18,524 samples	2x
Pentium E5200Intel $50Bench 37%, 12,156 samples	1x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 11,403 samples	4x
GeForce GT 430NvidiaBench 3%, 17,717 samples	1x
Radeon HD 6450AMDBench 2%, 23,566 samples	1x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $68

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16