Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 44.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.41% 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	11.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '16 at 07:16
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Memory 73 1-Core 26.3 2-Core 54.2 36% 51.2 Pts	4-Core 98.1 8-Core 102 13% 99.9 Pts	64-Core 102 6% 102 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 436 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 2369) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 347.25 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	6.41% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 5.87 6% 7.3 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 9.17 7% 8.86 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CGM Virtual Disk 38166 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 995GB free Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	8.65% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 31.4 Mixed 15.8 5% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.67 4K Write 9.23 4K Mixed 4.4 18% 6.1 MB/s	DQ Read 8.28 DQ Write 8.09 DQ Mixed 4.98 5% 7.12 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.65% Great: 21%
CGM Virtual Disk 0001 54GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 27GB free (System drive) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 52.5 Write 20.1 Mixed 39.7 8% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.07 4K Write 8.71 4K Mixed 5.03 25% 7.6 MB/s	DQ Read 9.13 DQ Write 8.45 DQ Mixed 4.9 5% 7.49 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 25%
CGM Virtual Disk 37910 2TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 411GB free Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 53.6 Write 24.9 Mixed 19.6 24% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.03 4K Write 6.82 4K Mixed 4.65 936% 6.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 4.8 15% 5.23 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 3.7 SC Mixed 4.7 13% 4.6 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	62x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	62x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	62x

GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples	140x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	36x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	33x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $191

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16