Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.8% 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 (51^st 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% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45% Average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 42.9 2-Core 85.6 45% 68.1 Pts	4-Core 85.2 8-Core 82.4 11% 83.8 Pts	64-Core 84 5% 84 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3481) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.8% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 2.2 5% 6.87 fps	MRender 9.4 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 4.4 5% 6.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.8% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 171 170 180 181 188 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.8% Above average	Read 222 Write 213 Mixed 220 SusWrite 175 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 32 104% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 48.1 39% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 776GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 166 173 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 148 Mixed 79.6 SusWrite 168 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 142 147 144 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 51.9 Write 81.2 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 142 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.5% 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	24x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	11x
Core2 Duo E6750IntelBench 38%, 9,456 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	11x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	7x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	5x

Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $220

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