Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 42.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200-$49 19,990 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.35 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	Memory 62.3 1-Core 33.3 2-Core 67.1 36% 54.2 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 133 18% 132 Pts	64-Core 125 8% 125 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus EAH5550 20 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 038E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.2.0.0 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	3.81% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 6 Parallax 3.53 4% 4.68 fps	MRender 5.24 Gravity 2.93 Splatting 6.35 4% 4.84 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03070009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 57 57 57 58 57 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.8% Average	Read 226 Write 76.7 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 60.3 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 30.4 102% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 58.4 53% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 208GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 33 Write 26.2 Mixed 24.1 SusWrite 28.8 21% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 6.2 19% 6.53 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	80x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	68x
Core2 Duo E6550Intel $15Bench 37%, 11,349 samples	57x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	54x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	40x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	35x

Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $128

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16