Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

PC Performing above expectations (81^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, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 80.4 44% 65.8 Pts	4-Core 116 8-Core 145 17% 130 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 35.1 30% 35.5 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 33 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
240g RAID0 SSD 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.2% Very good	Read 478 Write 229 Mixed 304 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 20.6 102% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 63.4 91% 168 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 651GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 90 194624815 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 61 771176278 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1079 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572522530 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 56 152996165 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.5% Average	Read 73.7 Write 74.6 Mixed 69.2 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	24% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	2x
Core2 Quad Q9300Intel $38Bench 46%, 10,428 samples	1x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	1x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	2x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	1x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	1x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $161

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16