Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 56.6%, 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 49.8 2-Core 100 49% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 196 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 70 66 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 62.1 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 66.2 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 44%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 367GB free Firmware: 12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 73 73 73 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 75.4 Write 71.9 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 72.1 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	19.1% Very poor	MC Read 4.1 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 3.8 15% 5.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 6.6 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 46%

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: $494

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