Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 43.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9000-$121 869 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket A, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 26.4 2-Core 55.2 35% 50.1 Pts	4-Core 108 8-Core 101 14% 105 Pts	64-Core 106 7% 106 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS723232L9A 320GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 298GB free Firmware: FC4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 57 55 56 53 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 80 Write 56.3 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 54.8 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 42%
Hitachi HTS723232L9A 320GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: FC4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 36 40 41 40 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 57.8 Write 44 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 38.8 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 5.1 16% 5.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo P8600Intel $42Bench 37%, 8,502 samples	2x
Core2 Extreme X9100Intel $150Bench 41%, 548 samples	2x
Core2 Duo P8400Intel $20Bench 37%, 6,904 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce 9800M GTXNvidiaBench 6%, 100 samples	5x
GeForce 9700M GTSNvidiaBench 3%, 174 samples	4x

SSD
HyperX 3K 120GBKingston $100Bench 74%, 46,066 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	1x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $142

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16