Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 41.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.85% 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	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 45.3 2-Core 87.8 43% 67.4 Pts	4-Core 87.5 8-Core 88.9 12% 88.2 Pts	64-Core 88.6 6% 88.6 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 1531) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	7.85% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 6.72 8% 8.64 fps	MRender 7.52 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 11.8 7% 8.46 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.85% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 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	51.9% Above average	Read 237 Write 222 Mixed 200 SusWrite 52.4 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 35.3 118% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 45 37% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 123GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 83 Write 83.8 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 73.6 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 60GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 47 47 47 46 47 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 54.3 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 46.1 28% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 6 17% 6.07 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	75x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	56x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	38x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	21x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	19x

Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

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