Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44% Average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 42.8 2-Core 83.1 44% 66.6 Pts	4-Core 85.7 8-Core 83.7 11% 84.7 Pts	64-Core 85.7 5% 85.7 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: VT100-50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 51 51 54 55 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 13.5 Write 18 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 50.4 18% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 38%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 117GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 110 112 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 109 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 4.4 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 4.4 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 26%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	43x
Core2 Duo E8600Intel $180Bench 44%, 6,109 samples	11x
Core2 Duo E4500Intel $130Bench 33%, 8,675 samples	11x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	7x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	7x
Radeon HD 3450ATIBench 1%, 4,621 samples	7x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
easystore 240GBWDBench 48%, 2,807 samples	4x
SSD 240GBBench 75%, 38,401 samples	3x

Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $137

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