Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39% 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	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.

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 78.5 1-Core 38.6 2-Core 81.1 44% 66.1 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 163 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 2182) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 90.6 80% 95.2 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 91.1 Splatting 76.9 72% 89.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP612PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 93 99 69 20 82 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	39% Below average	Read 219 Write 127 Mixed 154 SusWrite 77.9 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 20.2 81% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 16.9 DQ Mixed 0.3 5% 13 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 503GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 94 93 95 94 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 93.2 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 93.8 57% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.4 198% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 69%

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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	7x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	6x
Core2 Extreme X9770IntelBench 57%, 522 samples	6x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK256TBN 256GBBench 78%, 6,868 samples	3x
X110 128GBSanDisk $89Bench 71%, 11,245 samples	2x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	2x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $270

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