Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.6% 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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 75.1 1-Core 36.8 2-Core 68.7 41% 60.2 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 358 37% 298 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 3455) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8618 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 0.81 2% 2.56 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 2.78 2% 2.68 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2% Great: 2%
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 13 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 12.9 10% 12 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD500R01.5T 1.5TB 656GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate ST3640R01.2T 1.5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 407GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	98% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 164 Mixed 29.3 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.75 175% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 98%
Marvell Raid VD 0 150GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.4% Average	Read 97.9 Write 63.3 Mixed 71.9 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.58 145% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 46%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 14.9 Mixed 15.4 21% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.18 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 20% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 15 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 9.3 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

Raft

SSD
GOODRAM 240GBBench 79%, 8,481 samples	8x
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	8x
Solid State Disk 512GBSpccBench 71%, 30,264 samples	8x

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $290

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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