Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.18% 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	16.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

PC Performing as expected (46^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 40.6 2-Core 79.1 44% 65.6 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 158 21% 158 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.18% Terrible	Lighting 9.53 Reflection 11 Parallax 9.16 8% 9.91 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 9.83 Splatting 10.7 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 8.18% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 72 88 94 92 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 122 Write 149 Mixed 136 SusWrite 89.1 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 5.7 19% 5.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 848GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 89 118 116 119 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 114 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 76%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 117GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 73 89 94 93 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 83.7 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 89.5 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 101%

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 as expected (56^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 6.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	2x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	1x

GPU
EAH5450AsusBench 2%, 215 samples	1x
GeForce GTX 555NvidiaBench 11%, 717 samples	1x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	1x

SSD
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	2x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	1x

RAM
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	2x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	1x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $115

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