Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 12% Tree trunk	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.59% 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	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	The RAM on this system should be upgraded to at least 2GB although on 32bit systems 1GB will suffice as a bare minimum.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (66^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, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 54.5 2-Core 108 51% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 109 8-Core 108 14% 108 Pts	64-Core 108 7% 108 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.59% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 7.88 Parallax 2.56 6% 5.95 fps	MRender 6.76 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 5.13 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 267 (03) Spinup time 158 149 5075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4076 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4010 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 915 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4103 (C2) HDA temperature 104 88 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2508 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.2% Average	Read 74.6 Write 75.4 Mixed 31.4 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.37 110% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 55%
iODD External HDD 1TB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 442GB free, PID 2028 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 32.4 Write 29.3 Mixed 12.4 30% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.17 50% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 174%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x1GB 12,162 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 1GB DIMM SDRAM Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	18% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 4.6 15% 5.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 2.9 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Xeon X5460Intel $190Bench 52%, 10,360 samples	6x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	6x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	3x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	4x
128GB 128GBNetacBench 58%, 1,666 samples	3x
335 Series 180GBIntel $169Bench 73%, 2,872 samples	2x

Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $408

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