Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.98% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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 above expectations (69^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% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 40.9 2-Core 81.2 45% 67.1 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 162 22% 162 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E104) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	8.98% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 9.81 Parallax 8.16 9% 9.83 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 12.8 8% 9.56 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.98% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 757GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 159 6925 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16370 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10353 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16370 (C2) HDA temperature 122 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.5% Average	Read 89.7 Write 75.4 Mixed 74.7 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 57%
VelociRAID0 300GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	117% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 201 Mixed 118 130% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 4.29 4K Mixed 0.82 207% 2 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 108%

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 (66^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 7.1 22% 7.77 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 27%

Raft

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	15x
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $131Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	13x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $100Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	13x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $333