Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 47.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.25% 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	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	47.2% Average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 44.4 2-Core 85.8 46% 70.1 Pts	4-Core 86.7 8-Core 87.2 12% 86.9 Pts	64-Core 87.3 5% 87.3 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Nvidia(10DE 0592) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	8.25% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 4.06 9% 8.52 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 6.74 6% 8.02 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.25% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MK000480GWCEV 480GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 232 237 242 245 245 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.8% Good	Read 256 Write 248 Mixed 234 SusWrite 230 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 35.2 114% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 196 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 122%
HP LOGICAL VOLUME 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 7.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 5.9 6.7 3.9 5.6 6.4 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	13.6% Very poor	Read 39.3 Write 38.7 Mixed 48 SusWrite 8.3 8% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 0.5 27% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 72.9 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 125 86% 104 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 92%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01D03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 138 140 141 140 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 140 Mixed 113 SusWrite 137 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 83%

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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	23% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.3 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	26x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	9x

GPU
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	6x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	6x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	4x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	9x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $223

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