Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.3% 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	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 (31%). 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 Core i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 176 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 321 44% 325 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT 12,718 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 82BE) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.3% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 0.59 1% 1.5 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 0.93 Splatting 2.17 2% 2.19 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.3% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fujitsu MHY2200BH 200GB-$46 859 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0000000B Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 195419 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 44892160 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 82 2791 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 15954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7338 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 2347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 134896 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227633856551 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 263 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 444989440 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 95 95 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 21111 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 433743004898 (F0) Head flying hours 200 196 0	16% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 25.4 Mixed 33 22% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.03 12% 0.11 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-170.A00LF 9905403-170.A00LF 9905403-169.A00LF 9905403-169.A00LF 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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