Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 39.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo P8400-$20 6,904 User benchmarks, average bench 37% Socket 478, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Memory 71.2 1-Core 32.9 2-Core 58.9 38% 54.3 Pts	4-Core 46.5 8-Core 59.5 7% 53 Pts	64-Core 62.9 4% 62.9 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 42%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9700M GT 302 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 19A2) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	2.75% Terrible	Lighting 3 Reflection 5.88 Parallax 0.97 2% 3.28 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 4.22 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.75% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80RL Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.9% Poor	Read 256 Write 25.5 Mixed 24.8 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 20.3 4K Mixed 0.06 32% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 5.72 30% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 78%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 252GB free Firmware: 1A01 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 75 Write 74.1 Mixed 73.3 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.3 17% 5.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.3 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 98.7 40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 38%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo P8600Intel $42Bench 37%, 8,502 samples	3x
Core2 Duo T9400Intel $55Bench 39%, 3,295 samples	3x
Core2 Duo T6400Intel $99Bench 34%, 4,995 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce 9700M GTNvidiaBench 2%, 302 samples	8x
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	9x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $42

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