Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	7.75% 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	3GB 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. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 63.9 1-Core 22.7 2-Core 46.7 32% 44.4 Pts	4-Core 68.4 8-Core 92.8 10% 80.6 Pts	64-Core 92.9 6% 92.9 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 2400) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4192 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 5.47 9% 8.29 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 9.67 Splatting 5.35 6% 7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1000VM 002-1CT162 1TB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC23 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 118 Write 103 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.14 46% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 93%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 9GB free Firmware: 05.0 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 48.8 Write 48.7 Mixed 50.5 37% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 48%
Seagate ST316081 ST3160815SV 160GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1GB free Firmware: 3.AC Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 22.4 Mixed 23.2 20% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.22 51% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 1024, 2048 MB Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	MC Read 2.4 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 3.2 9% 3.3 GB/s	SC Read 1.9 SC Write 3.7 SC Mixed 3.2 8% 2.93 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 23%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 33%

Sail boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 6600Intel $90Bench 37%, 8,894 samples	2x
Core2 QuadIntel $90Bench 43%, 5,765 samples	2x
Core2 6700Intel $230Bench 39%, 2,388 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 465NvidiaBench 13%, 1,390 samples	1x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	1x
HD 7950AMD $290Bench 29%, 33,820 samples	1x

SSD
PLUS 100 1TBSandiskBench 36%, 19 samples	1x
S 700 250GBHPBench 62%, 75 samples	1x
CS90 0 240GB SSDPNYBench 67%, 400 samples	1x

Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $90

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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