Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 45.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	19.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 Q8400-$150 18,432 User benchmarks, average bench 45% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Memory 69.6 1-Core 35.7 2-Core 69.3 39% 58.2 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 128 17% 129 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 0891) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4192 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	2.36% Terrible	Lighting 2.67 Reflection 5.04 Parallax 0.94 2% 2.88 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 1.87 Splatting 4.13 3% 3.22 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.36% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5050 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1339 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1237948 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 319 (AE) Unknown 100 100 888 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 44 227634053164 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1063 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 916 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11766830923 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17215274067	19.1% Very poor	Read 201 Write 12.8 Mixed 25.6 17% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 6.51 32% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14.1 DQ Write 16.1 DQ Mixed 6.15 7% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 56%
WD 10EVVS External 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 23.8 Write 24.3 Mixed 24.2 31% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.29 54% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 4.1 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 5.4 12% 4.33 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	26x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	9x

GPU
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	6x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	6x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	4x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	9x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $223

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16