Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11% 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.
Boot Drive	23.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 70.7 1-Core 39.9 2-Core 96.3 44% 69 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 138 17% 130 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 21D7) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 14.6 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 14.1 12% 14.3 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 10.3 9% 11.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 29 49 50 51 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.4% Poor	Read 117 Write 71.9 Mixed 77 SusWrite 45.2 17% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 13.8 48% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 32.2 DQ Mixed 15.3 14% 20.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 290GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 111 116 116 115 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 97.5 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 113 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 71GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 30 49 50 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 66.5 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 45.7 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.9 16% 5.67 GB/s	Latency 99.7 40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.5% 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 45%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Xeon E5450Intel $195Bench 51%, 10,801 samples	17x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $150Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	15x

GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples	30x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	17x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	10x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x
JD120 120GBJamesdonkeyBench 62%, 1,575 samples	4x

Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $223

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