Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.55 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 50.8 2-Core 96.1 49% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 194 26% 192 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gainward(10B0 104A) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.91% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.85 Parallax 1.22 2% 2.15 fps	MRender 2.57 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 1.91 2% 2.26 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.91% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 240GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 46 64 56 43 52 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32% Below average	Read 175 Write 76.1 Mixed 101 SusWrite 52.8 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 12.3 51% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 63.9 67% 117 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 141%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 640GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 552GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 19 18 20 17 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 45.6 Write 21.4 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 19.1 19% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 30% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	26% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26% 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	20x
Xeon X5470IntelBench 54%, 1,638 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	9x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $161

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