Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	51.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Nvidia NFORCE 780i SLI (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 16:35
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 60.2 1-Core 35.9 2-Core 63.7 35% 53.3 Pts	4-Core 97.4 8-Core 104 13% 100 Pts	64-Core 129 8% 129 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.5% Above average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 63.6 50% 65.2 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 60.9 54% 66.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 411GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 167 Mixed 181 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 126 Mixed 138 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 3.41 4K Mixed 0.35 139% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3500620AS 500GB-$145 5,462 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 88GB free Firmware: HP21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 8.22 Mixed 9.31 8% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.04 10% 0.08 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 59%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,127 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 559GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 31.5 Mixed 8.14 29% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.21 20% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DRAM Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	MC Read 4.2 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 3.6 13% 4.47 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 3.6 11% 3.93 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

CPU
Xeon E5450Intel $195Bench 51%, 10,801 samples	1x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	1x
GTX 650 Ti BoostNvidia $140Bench 17%, 15,701 samples	1x

SSD
840 Seri 250GBSamsungBench 53%, 11 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	1x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	1x

Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $630

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