Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.93% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 550-$110 19,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 66.8 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 130 54% 90.3 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 190 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 062D) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.93% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 2.9 7% 7.13 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 3.8 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST9120822AS 120GB-$35 2,185 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.ALC SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 19 15 16 17 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 20.5 Write 17.5 Mixed 18 SusWrite 16 13% 18 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 24%
WD5000A 500GB 687 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 106GB free Firmware: 03.05B.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 73.2 Write 73.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 118 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 4096, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.5% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 10.4 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.4 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $231

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16