Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 42.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad-$90 5,765 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	42.8% Average	Memory 68.5 1-Core 27.3 2-Core 53.8 35% 49.9 Pts	4-Core 101 8-Core 108 14% 104 Pts	64-Core 108 7% 108 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E186) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 21.4 Parallax 23.8 22% 24.2 fps	MRender 20.2 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 27.7 20% 23.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX PLUS 120GB 765 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 102 99 100 100 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 133 Write 91.3 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 99 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 9.6 46% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45.3 DQ Write 16.7 DQ Mixed 10.7 13% 24.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 36%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 460GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 134 138 138 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 112 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 137 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 4.5 MC Mixed 4.6 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 4.7 14% 4.8 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	29x
Core2 Duo E6750IntelBench 38%, 9,456 samples	11x
Core2 Duo E6850Intel $57Bench 40%, 4,150 samples	10x

Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $187

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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