Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 19% Surfboard	Workstation 0% 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 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 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.49% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 Core2 Quad Q8200-$49 19,990 User benchmarks, average bench 43% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.35 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Memory 75.6 1-Core 33.3 2-Core 64.2 40% 57.7 Pts	4-Core 123 8-Core 132 17% 128 Pts	64-Core 131 8% 131 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel G41 Express Chipset 33,874 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Asus(1043 836D) 783MB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2869 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.49% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.54 Parallax 0.62 0% 0.61 fps	MRender 0.38 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 0.78 0% 0.43 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.49% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 3.7 6.9 6.8 6.3 5.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 49 Write 7 Mixed 14.3 SusWrite 5.2 14% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 55%
Hitachi HDS5C1050CLA382 500GB 2,940 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 8GB free Firmware: JC2OA3MA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 52.5 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDS728080PLA380 82GB-$33 2,259 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 5GB free Firmware: PF2OA6EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 10 9.9 10 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 21.3 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 10.1 14% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 2 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	MC Read 5.5 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.77 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 0 11% 4 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 26%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 38%

Jet ski

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Pentium E5700Intel $22Bench 36%, 20,872 samples	44x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	25x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	20x

GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples	60x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	29x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	19x

Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $50

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