Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	31% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 E6850-$57 4,150 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 76 1-Core 33.1 2-Core 60.9 40% 56.7 Pts	4-Core 57.4 8-Core 63.4 8% 60.4 Pts	64-Core 63.3 4% 63.3 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 3542) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 43.3 30% 37.8 fps	MRender 46.9 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 34.2 33% 41.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 919GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 154 Write 152 Mixed 148 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.36 125% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 108%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: AX00 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3200827AS 200GB-$128 2,755 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 177GB free Firmware: 3.AH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 61.7 Mixed 59.3 46% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%
Maxtor 6 L200M0 200GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: BACE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 59 Mixed 59 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 3.81 4K Mixed 0.36 129% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.5 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 4.3 14% 4.93 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 4.4 14% 5.07 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	17x
Core2 Extreme Q6850IntelBench 47%, 1,078 samples	12x
Core2 Extreme Q6800IntelBench 47%, 252 samples	3x

SSD
530 Series 120GBIntel $79Bench 67%, 15,015 samples	6x
GP-GSTFS311 120GBGigabyteBench 30%, 201 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $238

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