Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.46% 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	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 40.2 2-Core 73.2 42% 62.4 Pts	4-Core 74.6 8-Core 77.5 10% 76.1 Pts	64-Core 79.8 5% 79.8 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1151) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.46% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 4.03 9% 8.79 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 8.53 Splatting 6.96 7% 8.27 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.46% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 79.7 Write 76.4 Mixed 77.7 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.07 13% 0.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 62%
General USB Flash Disk 2GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 8003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	0.62% Terrible	Read 0.98 Write 0.78 Mixed 0.87 1% 0.88 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 6% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 0.62% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 2048, 1024, 1024, 1024 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	14.5% Very poor	MC Read 4.1 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 3.2 12% 4.13 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 3.4 11% 4 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 34%

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

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HDD

RAM

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