Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIKER II EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100128
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 23:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300-$38 10,428 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 83.1 1-Core 35.1 2-Core 70.1 44% 62.8 Pts	4-Core 127 8-Core 129 17% 128 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.81 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	6.21% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 2.88 7% 6.56 fps	MRender 7.05 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 5.52 5% 6.37 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.21% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 153 Mixed 136 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 3.44 4K Mixed 0.68 161% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 96%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 408GB free Firmware: CC13 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 110 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 73%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 394GB free Firmware: CC13 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.39 95% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 73%
Intel SS DSA2M160G2GC 160GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.8% Good	Read 128 Write 82 Mixed 47.6 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.48 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 1.77 469% 3.21 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.8% 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 DDR Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 5.8 19% 6.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	10x
Core2 Extreme X9770IntelBench 57%, 522 samples	5x
Core2 Quad Q9450Intel $110Bench 49%, 5,335 samples	3x

Value: 24% - Poor

Total price: $686

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