Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.3% 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	58.9% 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.

PC Performing as expected (46^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% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	44% Average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 44.6 2-Core 86.7 45% 68.4 Pts	4-Core 85.3 8-Core 83.4 11% 84.4 Pts	64-Core 85.2 5% 85.2 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 2991) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 13.7 13% 14.5 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 9.5 9% 11.2 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 181 165 154 182 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	58.9% Above average	Read 231 Write 233 Mixed 164 SusWrite 174 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 29.1 100% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 155 124% 173 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 6GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 83 79 81 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 86.8 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 79.1 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 133 138 136 130 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 136 Write 127 Mixed 20 SusWrite 136 75% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 107%

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)	20.3% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.2 19% 6.5 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 6.4 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	107x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	20x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	10x
GeForce 8800 GTNvidiaBench 6%, 5,568 samples	10x

SSD
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
MZ5PA064HMCD-01000 64GBSamsungBench 30%, 84 samples	5x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $192

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