Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 32% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 45.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	3GB 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. 3GB 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	Memory 79 1-Core 36.5 2-Core 76.7 43% 64.1 Pts	4-Core 66.4 8-Core 84.9 10% 75.7 Pts	64-Core 36.8 2% 36.8 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Q45/Q43 Express Chipset 16,152 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Dell(1028 0420) 1.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2702 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.54 Parallax 0.62 0% 0.61 fps	MRender 0.52 Gravity 0.47 Splatting 0.83 0% 0.61 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.53% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDMAEMC040G2 40GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 34 31 41 40 38 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 186 Write 39.5 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 35.7 18% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 7 49% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 39.6 DQ Mixed 61.9 52% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 34%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$24 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 149GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 100 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 100 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 2048, 1024 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.5 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 23%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	227x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	144x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	90x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	142x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	97x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	74x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	16x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $117

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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