Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 41.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (38^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% J1PR, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Memory 58.5 1-Core 38.2 2-Core 74.3 37% 57 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 148 19% 145 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 0438) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 341.92 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	2.77% Terrible	Lighting 2.93 Reflection 5.81 Parallax 0.97 2% 3.24 fps	MRender 6.29 Gravity 2.07 Splatting 4.57 4% 4.31 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.77% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03070103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 61 57 60 70 74 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.7% Below average	Read 192 Write 52.5 Mixed 133 SusWrite 69.7 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 27.2 70% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 47.2 DQ Mixed 21.6 21% 32.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 100%

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 below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.1 19% 6.53 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.6 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 45%

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

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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