Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 542 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2100) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Lighting 29 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 26.8 24% 23.8 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 22.4 Splatting 20.3 16% 18.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 010. Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 46.5 Write 55.3 Mixed 35 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.09 19% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 35%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB 2,885 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.26% Terrible	Read 23 Write 4.37 Mixed 7.9 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.74 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 1.3 96% 2.94 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.26% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 6 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 16.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $397

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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