Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.12% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (36^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% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 62 1-Core 40.1 2-Core 78.2 39% 60.1 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 146 19% 144 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400 668 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8379) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.12% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 2.12 Parallax 0.28 1% 1.21 fps	MRender 2.29 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.78 1% 1.63 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.12% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 71 81 78 79 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 36.8 Write 50.6 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 74.1 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 51%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	9.26% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 9.7 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 11.2 16% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.26% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB 0h DDR2 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	MC Read 4 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 3.3 12% 4.3 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 4.4 12% 4.3 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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