Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 49.2%, 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8300 1,428 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 93.2 49% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 96.4 8-Core 95.5 13% 95.9 Pts	64-Core 97.3 6% 97.3 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 61 53 44 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 89.5 Write 80.7 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 55.1 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 60%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.6 2.7 2.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	3.46% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.8 5% 5.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.46% Great: 10%

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 (49^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 4.8 18% 6.4 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.23 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
WDB NCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 82%, 120 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	2x

Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $378