Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	13.4% 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	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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 81.9 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 76.8 46% 67.3 Pts	4-Core 81.2 8-Core 86.1 11% 83.6 Pts	64-Core 88 5% 88 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E115) 1GB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.632.1.2000 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 11.2 14% 14.3 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 18.7 12% 13.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 697GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 94 93 99 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 152 Write 156 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 90.6 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 113%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 439GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 107 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 109 Write 50.7 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 109 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Portable 640GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 444GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 29 28 29 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 27.5 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 28.4 37% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	24.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.9 22% 7.57 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	37x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	12x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	8x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	6x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	5x

Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16