Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.97% 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 8 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 as expected (41^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 42.3 2-Core 76 41% 62.3 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 126 16% 124 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 82B7) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.44 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.97% Terrible	Lighting 6.03 Reflection 8.62 Parallax 1.91 5% 5.52 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 4 Splatting 6 5% 6.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.97% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 69 64 77 84 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 72.9 70% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 94GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 72 67 78 86 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 73.3 Write 77.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 75.2 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 811GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 108 115 113 116 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 103 Write 92.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 114 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 68%

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 below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.27 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 5.07 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	71x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	20x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	11x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	10x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	6x
Fury 120GBHyperX $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples	6x

Value: 40% - Below average

Total price: $459

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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