Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 30% Sail boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 Q8400-$100 18,432 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	36% Below average	Memory 51 1-Core 37.7 2-Core 73.2 34% 54 Pts	4-Core 121 8-Core 135 17% 128 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i 229 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Zotac(19DA 0AE5) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.72% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1.54 Parallax 0.34 1% 0.89 fps	MRender 1.29 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 1.13 1% 1.03 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.72% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: LVD5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 27 22 17 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 15.6 Write 44.6 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 22.8 23% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	MC Read 3.2 MC Write 4.5 MC Mixed 2.7 10% 3.47 GB/s	SC Read 3.5 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 2.6 9% 3.2 GB/s	Latency 157 26% 157 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9300Intel $38Bench 46%, 10,428 samples	1x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	1x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	1x

GPU
HD 5750AMDBench 8%, 12,403 samples	1x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
Ultra Plus 128GBSanDisk $75Bench 77%, 16,709 samples	1x
X25-M 80GBIntelBench 34%, 12,660 samples	1x
SU900 512GBAdataBench 87%, 1,123 samples	1x

Value: 31% - Below average

Total price: $113