Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 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 above expectations (60^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% Socket775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 74 1-Core 40.6 2-Core 81.1 43% 65.2 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 156 21% 156 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Nvidia(10DE 0592) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	5.3% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 9 Parallax 2.56 6% 6.27 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 4.27 Splatting 4.87 4% 5.12 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.3% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 44.7 Write 115 Mixed 40.5 15% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 7.1 31% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 39.2 DQ Mixed 8.6 12% 21.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 63%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 122 127 127 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 124 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 451GB free Firmware: 1AA01106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 112 117 115 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 106 Write 123 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 114 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM SDRAM Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	21.3% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.67 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	8x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	7x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	7x

GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples	24x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	4x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	3x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x
SSD 120GBGigabyte $31Bench 70%, 13,685 samples	2x

Value: 52% - 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) $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