Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 20% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 44.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.47% 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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 E8500-$110 18,841 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Memory 74.2 1-Core 45.3 2-Core 91.5 45% 70.3 Pts	4-Core 90.5 8-Core 89.8 12% 90.2 Pts	64-Core 91 6% 91 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Q45/Q43 Express Chipset 16,152 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Dell(1028 0276) 766MB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.1749 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.47% Terrible	Lighting 0.6 Reflection 0.54 Parallax 0.56 0% 0.57 fps	MRender 0.29 Gravity 0.37 Splatting 0.78 0% 0.48 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.47% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 47 36 52 51 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 55.4 Write 50.7 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 46.2 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x1GB 68,489 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 91.9 44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 20%

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	81x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	35x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	27x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	29x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	19x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	18x

Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $121

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