Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.56% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 36.6 2-Core 74.2 42% 62 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 148 20% 149 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel 4 Series Internal Chipset 987 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0420) 3.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2182 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	0.56% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 0.58 Parallax 0.62 1% 0.63 fps	MRender 0.52 Gravity 0.47 Splatting 0.91 0% 0.63 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.56% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
ARRAY 500GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 109 Write 125 Mixed 96.4 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.81 152% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 28.7 Mixed 30.5 39% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.8% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7.07 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 6.7 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	227x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	144x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	90x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	142x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	97x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	74x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	16x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $117

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