Lenovo 9960ALU

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Lenovo 9960ALU (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LENOVO
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110110
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 13:06
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^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% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 73.1 1-Core 37 2-Core 75.6 41% 61.9 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 125 18% 134 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 620 17,163 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gainward(10B0 0F01) 1GB CLim: 828 MHz, MLim: 312 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.01% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 4.62 Parallax 3.53 3% 4.02 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 4.63 Splatting 2.43 3% 3.37 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.01% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 65GB free Firmware: CC6B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76544088 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 286126559 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 212 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 47 8590131894 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 52 807141420 (C2) HDA temperature 44 48 51539607596 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 30 76544088 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 652 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22303765132830 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3296793381 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2020045521	53% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 91.2 Mixed 31.8 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.47 111% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 68%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 180 5383 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3030 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2902 (BE) vendor-specific 58 41 42 (C2) HDA temperature 108 91 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 557 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	27.6% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 44.5 Mixed 14.1 27% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 35%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 22GB free Firmware: 4.CCB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 78 211023299 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5449 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 222996019 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4957 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 307 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 47 890110002 (C2) HDA temperature 50 53 60129542194 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 66 211023299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 188 3388 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.1% Average	Read 74.1 Write 75.9 Mixed 31.1 44% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.27 69% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.3 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 46%

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Typical 9960ALU Builds (Compare 4 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 9960ALU

CPU
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	3x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	1x

GPU
Quadro 600NvidiaBench 3%, 15,964 samples	1x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	1x
Radeon HD 5400ATIBench 1%, 10,400 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	3x
10GBUnknownBench 31%, 21,027 samples	1x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $137

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16