Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 45.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.69% 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	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

PC Performing as expected (46^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 Q8300-$115 20,482 User benchmarks, average bench 44% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Memory 66.8 1-Core 34 2-Core 71.6 38% 57.5 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 137 18% 137 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 1861) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.69% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 7.81 Parallax 2.5 6% 5.97 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 5 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.69% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.5% Average	Read 191 Write 210 Mixed 202 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 14.9 73% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 83 DQ Mixed 16.3 23% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 91%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 286GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 88.9 Mixed 30.9 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.41 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 54GB free Firmware: GM2OA5CA Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 53.1 Write 54.7 Mixed 30.2 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 50%
ST340063 3A 400GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 19GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 32 Write 28.1 Mixed 29.6 38% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.37 54% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 17%

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 (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.5% Very poor	MC Read 5.5 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.67 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	8x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	8x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	8x

GPU
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	6x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	4x
GTX 750Nvidia $120Bench 15%, 66,662 samples	4x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	6x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	3x

Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $148

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