Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	1.85% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 44.7 2-Core 88.8 30% 66.8 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 173 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 34% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1B0A 909D) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.85% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 2 2% 2.27 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.22 2% 1.97 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.85% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 857GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC3E Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.7 Mixed 92.5 73% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 69%
WD My Bo ok 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 530GB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 77.5 Write 74.5 Mixed 72.7 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.38 101% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	2x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	2x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	2x

Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $396

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16