Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	27.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (26^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% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 57.8 1-Core 39.9 2-Core 77.1 37% 58.3 Pts	4-Core 99.2 8-Core 141 15% 120 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1537 MHz, MLim: 1819 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 79 61% 81.7 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 71.7 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc48 0G1CS2754D11 480GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 76 76 81 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 95.6 Write 69.8 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 73.1 18% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 15.8 56% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 47.9 DQ Mixed 29.2 24% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 55%

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 way below expectations (15^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	MC Read 4.6 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 4 14% 4.97 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 4.2 12% 4.13 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	10x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
WDB NCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 82%, 120 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	2x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $378

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16