Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 39.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	8.71% 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	23.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 E8600-$180 6,109 User benchmarks, average bench 44% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 40.2 2-Core 58.7 39% 56.4 Pts	4-Core 56.7 8-Core 69.5 8% 63.1 Pts	64-Core 86.4 5% 86.4 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.71% Terrible	Lighting 9.8 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 9.47 8% 10.2 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 13.1 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.71% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 72 88 92 92 91 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.4% Poor	Read 208 Write 92.6 Mixed 93.6 SusWrite 80 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 5.6 35% 8.73 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 108GB free Firmware: 3.AHG SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 20 20 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 47.3 Write 19 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 19.9 21% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 160GB free Firmware: 3.AHG SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 23 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 57.7 Write 24.6 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 22.5 24% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 6 18% 6.33 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 4.7 13% 4.53 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	74x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	56x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	38x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	21x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	18x

Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

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