Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 43.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.31% 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	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 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^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 E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Memory 73.5 1-Core 39.5 2-Core 82.7 43% 65.2 Pts	4-Core 81 8-Core 78.2 11% 79.6 Pts	64-Core 81.6 5% 81.6 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 832E) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.31% Terrible	Lighting 4.67 Reflection 7.08 Parallax 2.59 4% 4.78 fps	MRender 0.1 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.65 2% 2.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.31% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD252KJ 250GB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: CM10 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 43.8 Write 51.1 Mixed 52.1 37% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.22 36% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 42%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 174GB free Firmware: 05.0 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 79.2 Mixed 81.5 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	18% Very poor	MC Read 5.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 4.5 16% 5.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 93.6 43% 93.6 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 28%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	20x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	18x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 660-TiNvidia $362Bench 26%, 42,960 samples	7x
GeForce 9800 GTXNvidiaBench 8%, 3,983 samples	7x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	5x

Value: 24% - Poor

Total price: $491

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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