Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 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 46.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.15% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300-$115 20,482 User benchmarks, average bench 44% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 35.8 2-Core 72.1 39% 58.7 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 138 19% 140 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E138) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	9.15% Terrible	Lighting 12 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 9.84 10% 10.4 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 8.43 Splatting 11 8% 9.51 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.15% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD2500YS-01SHB1 251GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20.06C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 15 16 21 34 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 21.1 Write 52.6 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 24.3 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 35%
Maxtor 6Y120P0 123GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 85GB free Firmware: YAR41BW0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 41 20 20 18 20 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 54.9 Write 56.6 Mixed 40.9 SusWrite 28.6 34% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 184% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 32%

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 (84^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.77 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.8 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 28%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Xeon E5450Intel $195Bench 51%, 10,801 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	11x

GPU
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	12x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	8x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	6x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $195

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16