Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 38.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.38% 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	3GB 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. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8500-$110 18,841 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Memory 66.2 1-Core 41.5 2-Core 62 38% 56.6 Pts	4-Core 69.8 8-Core 73.8 10% 71.8 Pts	64-Core 67.2 4% 67.2 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 836D) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 5.8 Parallax 1.5 3% 3.7 fps	MRender 5.6 Gravity 4.1 Splatting 4.8 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 877GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 91 30 78 70 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 49 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 67.2 38% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 1024, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	14.8% Very poor	MC Read 3.8 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 3.9 13% 4.47 GB/s	SC Read 3.1 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 4 12% 4.27 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 23%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Pentium E5300Intel $59Bench 36%, 18,604 samples	15x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	15x
Pentium E5200Intel $50Bench 36%, 13,848 samples	13x

GPU
Radeon HD 4300ATIBench 1%, 14,988 samples	12x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	12x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	12x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $59

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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