Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	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.

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Q9500 5,111 User benchmarks, average bench 48% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 77.3 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 94.9 48% 73.5 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 190 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 105 105 105 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 112 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 104 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 36GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 65 44 67 69 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 60 Write 69.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 63.8 45% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 6.9 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9300Intel $38Bench 46%, 10,428 samples	8x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	6x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	6x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	6x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	1x

SSD
S3 SSD 256GBVi550Bench 75%, 1,488 samples	4x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
330 Series 60GBIntelBench 57%, 2,582 samples	2x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $139

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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