Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (57^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 68.9 1-Core 38.3 2-Core 76.4 40% 61.2 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 139 20% 145 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6790 4,043 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 13.2 12% 13.9 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 15.3 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 124 Write 113 Mixed 94 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.12 38% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 108%
WD WD7500AAVS-00D7B0 750GB 1,285 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 126GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 90.3 Write 82 Mixed 82.6 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	8.73% Terrible	Read 33.1 Write 13.8 Mixed 19.3 25% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.78 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.08 17% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.73% 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 DDR2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.43 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 5 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 38%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	42x
Xeon X5460Intel $190Bench 52%, 10,360 samples	23x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	20x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	12x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	8x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	8x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	11x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
SSDNOW 30GBKingstonBench 19%, 495 samples	5x

Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $129

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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