Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.13% 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	36.5% 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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 5,372 User benchmarks, average bench 36% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 72.8 1-Core 38.9 2-Core 81.5 42% 64.4 Pts	4-Core 82.6 8-Core 80 11% 81.3 Pts	64-Core 80.7 5% 80.7 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 1270) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 9 Parallax 2.03 5% 5.71 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 4.23 Splatting 6.43 5% 6.76 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 59 55 55 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 147 Write 55.8 Mixed 87 SusWrite 57.2 19% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 22.8 82% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 29.3 26% 38 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 52%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 23GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 48.1 Write 47.3 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 34.3 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 35%

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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 7.1 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	3x
Core2 6600Intel $90Bench 37%, 8,894 samples	2x
Pentium D 3.00GHzIntel $98Bench 30%, 4,281 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce 7600 GTNvidiaBench 1%, 1,212 samples	3x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	3x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	2x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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