Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 42.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.8% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 E8500-$110 18,841 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 45.4 2-Core 90.4 44% 68.4 Pts	4-Core 90.2 8-Core 89.6 12% 89.9 Pts	64-Core 88 5% 88 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E850) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 9.78 11% 11.6 fps	MRender 9.76 Gravity 9.3 Splatting 16.8 10% 12 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4500RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 242 Write 225 Mixed 192 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 16.8 67% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 40 40% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3500630A 500GB-$87 622 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 57GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,310 Write 22.9 Mixed 51.8 570% 795 MB/s	4K Read 324 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.1 13,629% 109 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 42%
Seagate ST340014A 40GB-$43 906 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 30GB free Firmware: 3.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 49 47 46 49 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 48 Write 51.1 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 47.4 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	20.4% Poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	13x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	10x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	12x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	10x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	8x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
SSDSC2BW080A4 80GBIntelBench 60%, 450 samples	4x

Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $178

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