Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (56^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 E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.1% Average	Memory 78.3 1-Core 38.1 2-Core 73.4 43% 63.3 Pts	4-Core 73.2 8-Core 73.1 10% 73.1 Pts	64-Core 72.8 4% 72.8 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E100) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.89% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 3.75 5% 6.1 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 7.91 5% 5.92 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.89% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 119 37 57 16 51 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.8% Below average	Read 246 Write 216 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 71.6 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 9.2 49% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 85.4 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 0.4 33% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 175GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 88 95 94 95 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 93 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 129GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 79 85 85 85 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 68.8 Write 12 Mixed 33 SusWrite 83 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 59%

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 (56^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 7.3 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	12x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $150Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	7x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	5x

SSD
Force GT 120GBCorsair $155Bench 69%, 13,464 samples	7x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

Value: 27% - Poor

Total price: $477

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