Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.19% 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	13% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300-$172 660 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 39.6 2-Core 75.3 43% 64 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 141 19% 141 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI FirePro M7740 225 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 02EF) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.7.5000 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.19% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.6 9% 10.2 fps	MRender 7.6 Gravity 7 Splatting 8 6% 7.53 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.19% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PB22-JS3 FDE 2.5" 256GB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM94D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 25 45 78 94 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 10 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 61.6 9% 39 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 3.8 28% 7.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 31%
Seagate ST9320423ASG 320GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 263GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 46 52 57 55 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 91.5 Write 87.6 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 51.6 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 25 28 27 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 25.6 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 25.9 38% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 5.7 16% 5.67 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.6 16% 5.77 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Extreme Q9300Intel $172Bench 46%, 660 samples	14x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	11x
Core2 Duo T9550Intel $199Bench 39%, 1,427 samples	8x

GPU
Quadro FX 2700MNvidiaBench 3%, 788 samples	30x
Quadro FX 3700MNvidiaBench 6%, 383 samples	20x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	6x

SSD
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
RBX Series 1 128GBSamsungBench 15%, 26 samples	2x

Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $365

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16