Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 45%, 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	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	45% Average	Memory 67 1-Core 37.4 2-Core 73.6 39% 59.3 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 137 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 137 8% 137 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 135 138 134 138 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 118 Write 144 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 139 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS728080PLAT20 82GB-$65 775 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 54GB free Firmware: PF2OA21B SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 55 57 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 52.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 56 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 2048, 2048, 1024 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	MC Read 4.5 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 4.1 13% 4.63 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 4.8 13% 4.57 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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