Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 42.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.08% 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 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.

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8500-$110 18,841 User benchmarks, average bench 42% LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Memory 71 1-Core 44.9 2-Core 88.2 44% 68 Pts	4-Core 87.5 8-Core 88.1 12% 87.8 Pts	64-Core 87.9 5% 87.9 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3500 426 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 032B) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 307.68 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.08% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 1.15 Parallax 0.28 2% 1.15 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.08% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 70 71 80 77 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 30.8 Write 71.3 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 71.2 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 65%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 1,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 4.8 3.5 4.6 4.8 5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	4.5% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 4 Mixed 1 SusWrite 5 7% 7.07 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.5% Great: 9%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 427GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 27 27 29 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 27.5 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 27.7 39% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.2 19% 6.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	43x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $150Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	28x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	13x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	13x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	12x

Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $209

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