Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 45.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.69% 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	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 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 (65^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 E6850-$57 4,150 User benchmarks, average bench 40% LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 33.5 2-Core 68.5 42% 60.6 Pts	4-Core 67.3 8-Core 65.7 9% 66.5 Pts	64-Core 67.6 4% 67.6 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 2371) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	7.69% Terrible	Lighting 11.1 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 4.2 9% 9.3 fps	MRender 5.5 Gravity 8.8 Splatting 4.7 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.69% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 13 12 14 49 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 90.9 Write 95.4 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 33.3 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 59%
Maxtor 6L160M0 164GB 1,484 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 87GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 33 39 36 44 47 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 58.6 Write 62.5 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 39.8 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 37%
Seagate ST3250620NS 250GB-$45 1,571 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 50GB free Firmware: 3.AEG SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 34 39 36 44 47 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 75.1 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 39.9 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 6 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 28%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 25%

Raft

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	8x
Core2 Extreme X9650Intel $850Bench 53%, 3,122 samples	7x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $304

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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