Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 53.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.55% 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	40.1% 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 (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5450-$195 10,801 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 47.9 2-Core 95.8 47% 73 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 189 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8094) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.Q2.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.55% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 8.5 5% 8.4 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 7.1 6% 7.23 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.55% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 85 122 41 49 49 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.1% Average	Read 239 Write 218 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 93.7 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 16.3 74% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 92.3 DQ Mixed 21.6 28% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.6% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.77 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 5.3 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Pentium E5700Intel $22Bench 36%, 20,872 samples	13x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	10x

GPU
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	9x
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples	8x
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	8x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	3x
520 Series 120GBIntel $199Bench 74%, 19,348 samples	3x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	2x

Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $51

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