Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 19% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 22.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	0.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Q8300-$115 20,482 User benchmarks, average bench 44% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	22.2% Poor	Memory 32.3 1-Core 18.6 2-Core 31.5 18% 27.5 Pts	4-Core 71.5 8-Core 71.5 10% 71.5 Pts	64-Core 73 4% 73 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Q45/Q43 Express Chipset 16,152 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Acer(1025 0151) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2555 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 0.8 Parallax 0.8 1% 0.77 fps	MRender 0.7 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 0.4 0% 0.63 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.54% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: 18.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 100 87 87 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 98.3 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM 1066 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.4 GB/s	SC Read 2.9 SC Write 3 SC Mixed 3.1 9% 3 GB/s	Latency 241 17% 241 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	2x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	2x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	1x
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	1x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	1x

SSD
Tech-256GB 256GBFirstBench 67%, 14 samples	1x

Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $444

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16