Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 42.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.47% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 5,372 User benchmarks, average bench 36% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	42.2% Average	Memory 71.8 1-Core 38.4 2-Core 74.5 41% 61.6 Pts	4-Core 76.8 8-Core 72.2 10% 74.5 Pts	64-Core 76.7 5% 76.7 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8345) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4144 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	7.47% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 3.56 8% 7.7 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 6.22 6% 7.2 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.47% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$39 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 52.4 Mixed 57.9 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 59%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 38GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 68.1 Write 68.1 Mixed 68.9 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.39 107% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 55%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	2.6% Terrible	Read 12.8 Write 2.92 Mixed 4.6 7% 6.76 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.007 2% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.6% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.8 20% 7 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 97.3 41% 97.3 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 28%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+AMDBench 41%, 5,594 samples	9x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+AMDBench 35%, 4,133 samples	7x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	3x

GPU
GeForce 8800 GTSNvidiaBench 4%, 3,160 samples	3x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	2x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	2x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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