Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 63.5 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 132 54% 91.9 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 200 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1452) 1GB CLim: 882 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.8% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.75 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 11.6 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.8% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 4441 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7829 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7807 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7751 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 79 79 15429 (F1) Unknown 200 200 48183869552 (F2) Unknown 200 200 52476858557	39.5% Below average	Read 76.2 Write 61.6 Mixed 10.5 36% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 75%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 24.8 Mixed 25.6 34% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-G7 4x2GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1066 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.1% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.3 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples	42x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	31x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	21x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $492

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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