Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.51% 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	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 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon X2 240 291 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 39.6 2-Core 31.2 38% 49 Pts	4-Core 62.6 8-Core 64.4 8% 63.5 Pts	64-Core 72.6 4% 72.6 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 2600-XT 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1545 3370) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	2.51% Terrible	Lighting 2.9 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 1.34 2% 3.34 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 1.17 Splatting 5 3% 3.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.51% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST380012ACE 80GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 17 20 20 22 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 33.4 Write 32.7 Mixed 24 SusWrite 18.3 20% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 130% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 28%
SAMSUNG MP0804H 80GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 8.1 8.1 8.3 8.7 8.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	7.06% Terrible	Read 15.1 Write 7.5 Mixed 10.1 SusWrite 7.9 13% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.06% Great: 14%

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 (80^th percentile)	23% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.2 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 35%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430NvidiaBench 0%, 4,836 samples	6x
GeForce 9800 GTXNvidiaBench 8%, 3,983 samples	3x
Radeon HD 6500AMDBench 4%, 1,367 samples	2x

SSD
870 EVO 250GBSamsungBench 75%, 79 samples	2x
PLUS 240 240GBSandiskBench 43%, 29 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $9

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16