Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 2% 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 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 42.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.87% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 Quad Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Memory 66.8 1-Core 27.6 2-Core 55.6 35% 50 Pts	4-Core 109 8-Core 108 14% 108 Pts	64-Core 111 7% 111 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 053C) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	5.87% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 2.8 6% 7.07 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 3.7 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.87% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: CA14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 18 36 64 38 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 100 Write 99.9 Mixed 37 SusWrite 50.6 52% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 61%
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$36 590 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 25GB free, PID 1697 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 24 22 21 20 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 11.4 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 22.4 23% 19.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 103% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 49%

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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 4.7 MC Mixed 4.9 16% 5.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.6% 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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16