Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.85% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (74^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% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 80.4 1-Core 37.3 2-Core 77.2 44% 65 Pts	4-Core 77.4 8-Core 79 10% 78.2 Pts	64-Core 74.4 5% 74.4 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 026A) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	8.85% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 8.19 9% 9.7 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 12.7 8% 9.49 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.85% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Flare 128GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM00.8 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 43 Write 68 Mixed 51.7 12% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 24.9 49% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 32.9 DQ Mixed 18 36% 75.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 95%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 7GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 67.3 Write 61.3 Mixed 20.7 36% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 62GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 126 124 126 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 107 Write 134 Mixed 71 SusWrite 125 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 75%
60 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	4.58% Terrible	Read 15.7 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 4.4 8% 7.08 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.58% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	21% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.3 20% 6.87 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 3.2 10% 3.67 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	79x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	32x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	28x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	10x

Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

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