Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 43%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	43% Average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 27 2-Core 54.5 35% 50 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 102 14% 103 Pts	64-Core 108 7% 108 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4520 34 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PwrHis(1787 3100) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.32% Terrible	Lighting 1.73 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 1.44 1% 1.85 fps	MRender 1.62 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.38 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.32% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD253GJ 250GB 4,131 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 123 107 121 133 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 136 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 116 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.39% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 9.5 Mixed 12 SusWrite 3.1 13% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.39% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 4.9 15% 5.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.3 14% 4.83 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.7% 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 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Pentium E5300Intel $59Bench 36%, 18,604 samples	10x
Pentium E5400Intel $75Bench 36%, 14,795 samples	9x
Pentium E6500Intel $89Bench 39%, 5,942 samples	8x

GPU
Radeon HD 4300ATIBench 1%, 14,988 samples	20x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	7x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	5x

SSD
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	3x
870 Evo 250GBSamsung $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $94

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