Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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 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.

PC Performing as expected (50^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 Q8200-$49 19,990 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.35 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 33.5 2-Core 62.6 40% 57.4 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 124 17% 124 Pts	64-Core 125 8% 125 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E180) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 2.73 Parallax 2 2% 2.41 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.22 2% 1.97 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721010CLA 1TB-$54 1,338 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 897GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 29 27 25 26 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 107 Write 30 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 27.2 37% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DRAM Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.6% Very poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 4.9 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.4 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	6x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	5x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $399

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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