Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 Q9505-$250 2,124 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 39.3 2-Core 78.5 44% 65.5 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 160 22% 160 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD800ADFS-75SLR2 80GB 264 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 69 71 70 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 81.1 Write 77.7 Mixed 44 SusWrite 70.3 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 47%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 863GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 77 77 77 75 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 74 Write 72.2 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 76.5 53% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.3 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 4.7 16% 5.57 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	20x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	18x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 660-TiNvidia $362Bench 26%, 42,960 samples	7x
GeForce 9800 GTXNvidiaBench 8%, 3,983 samples	7x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	5x

Value: 24% - Poor

Total price: $491

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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