Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.2% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very 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 as expected (57^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, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 76.4 1-Core 41.6 2-Core 79.4 44% 65.8 Pts	4-Core 80.8 8-Core 80.8 11% 80.8 Pts	64-Core 81.7 5% 81.7 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 C954) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.0 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2.2% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 4.69 Parallax 0.84 2% 2.67 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 3.09 3% 3.2 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1200 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 102 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 578773312 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 49091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1189 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 47589 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 48 873660459 (C2) HDA temperature 43 52 81604378667 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 45 120363246 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 179 306 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	48% Average	Read 80.5 Write 86.9 Mixed 29.8 48% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.26 69% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 53%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 7GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 18.5 Mixed 14.4 24% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.17 53% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 1024, 2048, 1024, 2048 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	20.8% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6 19% 6.53 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	8x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	7x

GPU
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	5x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	4x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	3x

SSD
TS120GSSD220S 120GBTranscendBench 70%, 8,401 samples	5x
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	4x
480GB 480GBSSDBench 65%, 2,159 samples	4x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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