Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.5% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). 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
Intel Core i7-2600-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U2E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 415 44% 352 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Apple(106B 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.250.28.1000 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 12.7 12% 13.4 fps	MRender 9.86 Gravity 10 Splatting 15.2 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 06.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 43 59 50 54 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 53.4 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 50 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 73%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 16GB 5,753 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 9GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 3.9 4.7 4.7 4.2 4.7 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	9.12% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 2.5 Mixed 11.9 SusWrite 4.4 11% 9.65 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.9 126% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.12% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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