Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 3% 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 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.26% 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	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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 40.4 2-Core 81.3 43% 65 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 143 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1260) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 9.73 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 4.56 8% 7.55 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 6.3 6% 7.43 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDP725050GLA 500GB 1,228 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 76.6 Write 73.7 Mixed 74 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 50%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 143GB free Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 61 Write 61.2 Mixed 59 46% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.45 115% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%
WD 314AS External 160GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 121GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.5% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 32.2 Mixed 12.5 31% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.34 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.5% Very poor	MC Read 4.1 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 3.5 13% 4.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 5.5 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 45%

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: $492

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