Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.53% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 240 5,506 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 40.3 2-Core 79.7 45% 66.9 Pts	4-Core 80.5 8-Core 80.4 11% 80.4 Pts	64-Core 82.3 5% 82.3 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% XFX(1682 2601) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.53% Terrible	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 4.03 10% 8.73 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 8.33 Splatting 6.87 6% 8.07 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.53% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 159GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 44 38 39 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 42.6 Write 46 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 39.4 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 68%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 0245 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15.9 Write 3 Mixed 5.5 8% 8.13 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 8%
Sony Storage Media 4GB 607 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 0GB free, PID 0439 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 24.6 Write 5.2 Mixed 2.8 10% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 12GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 667, 933 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 10.6 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 38%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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