Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.69% 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 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.

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 43 2-Core 82.4 47% 69.3 Pts	4-Core 82.6 8-Core 83.8 11% 83.2 Pts	64-Core 84.8 5% 84.8 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 C873) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.69% Terrible	Lighting 12 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 4.12 10% 8.94 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 7 7% 8.26 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.69% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC34 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 107 Mixed 108 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.26 72% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 72%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 187GB free Firmware: 3.AA Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 86.8 Write 83.7 Mixed 81.1 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.42 95% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 27.9 Write 31.2 Mixed 8.92 28% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.39 171% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 72%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 969GB free, PID d000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 33.5 Mixed 21.7 37% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.15 57% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DRAM Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 5.8 19% 6.63 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.6 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	13x
Core2 6600Intel $90Bench 37%, 8,894 samples	4x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	5x
GTX 560Nvidia $180Bench 14%, 23,273 samples	2x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	2x

SSD
CS90 0 240GB SSDPNYBench 67%, 400 samples	5x
SSD320 128GBTranscend $92Bench 46%, 1,687 samples	3x
CT500P3PSSD8 500GBBench 211%, 5,985 samples	2x

Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $252

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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