Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 46.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.39% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 Q8400-$150 18,432 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Memory 74.6 1-Core 28.5 2-Core 57.4 38% 53.5 Pts	4-Core 107 8-Core 110 14% 109 Pts	64-Core 99.7 6% 99.7 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 4056) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.39% Terrible	Lighting 8.83 Reflection 8.88 Parallax 3.34 7% 7.02 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 6.09 5% 5.83 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.39% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 89.3 Mixed 85.8 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.36 106% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	15.7% Very poor	MC Read 3.8 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 3.7 12% 4.37 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5.4 16% 5.43 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	20x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	18x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 660-TiNvidia $362Bench 26%, 42,960 samples	7x
GeForce 9800 GTXNvidiaBench 8%, 3,983 samples	7x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	5x

Value: 24% - Poor

Total price: $492

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