Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	5.5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5.5GB 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 (56^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% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 70.6 1-Core 37.6 2-Core 71.2 40% 59.8 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 145 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.1.4 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 60.1 Parallax 92.4 56% 73.8 fps	MRender 60.1 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 76.6 50% 59.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 15 66 41 8.7 60 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.4% Poor	Read 160 Write 113 Mixed 105 SusWrite 41.5 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 12.2 55% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 24.9 DQ Mixed 14.8 13% 18.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 149GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 96 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 101 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 301GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 54 55 53 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 158 Write 51.8 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 53.8 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 1024, 2048, 512, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 5.7 17% 6 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.77 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	5x
Core2 Duo E8600Intel $180Bench 44%, 6,109 samples	2x
Pentium E6600Intel $50Bench 39%, 5,119 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	3x
Radeon HD 3800ATIBench 5%, 3,400 samples	2x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	2x

SSD
Pyro 60GBPatriot $125Bench 38%, 630 samples	2x
THNSNF128GCSS 128GBToshibaBench 68%, 2,061 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

Value: 24% - Poor

Total price: $214

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