Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	21.3% 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	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	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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5502 32 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1366-pin LGA, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Memory 73 1-Core 40.9 2-Core 90.5 44% 68.1 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 147 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E182) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 21.3 Parallax 26 22% 24.9 fps	MRender 20 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 27.5 19% 23 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST3500418AS 500GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC65 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 37 12 34 61 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 60.5 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 43.4 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 12 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	25% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 4.9 14% 5.07 GB/s	Latency 94.6 42% 94.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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