Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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% SOCKET775 M/B, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 75.5 1-Core 44 2-Core 87 45% 68.8 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 165 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B 9400) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 309.08 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 10 Parallax 1.9 4% 5.47 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 3.8 Splatting 3.6 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 560GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 25 22 30 33 29 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.4% Poor	Read 202 Write 26.2 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 28 16% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 13.1 51% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 24.5 DQ Mixed 16.5 14% 20.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 77%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 523GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 95 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 91 Write 92.9 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 94 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.2% Very poor	MC Read 4.1 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 3.7 13% 4.6 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 4.3 15% 5.1 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	5x
Core2 Quad Q9500IntelBench 48%, 5,111 samples	1x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	1x

GPU
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	2x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	1x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	1x

SSD
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	1x
SUV400S3712 120GBKingstonBench 34%, 503 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

Value: 36% - Below average

Total price: $291

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