Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	16.9% 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	38.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^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 Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Memory 61.6 1-Core 18.6 2-Core 36.8 29% 39 Pts	4-Core 71.3 8-Core 72.1 10% 71.7 Pts	64-Core 72.1 4% 72.1 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3103) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 19.7 18% 19.2 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 19.9 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 87 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 147 Write 111 Mixed 113 SusWrite 87.3 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 19 75% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 81.8 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 81.7 65% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 440GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 122 123 124 123 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 117 Mixed 61 SusWrite 122 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 88%
ST500LM0 21-1KJ152 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 149GB free, PID 0700 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.5% Very poor	Read 32 Write 28.2 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 28.5 38% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	MC Read 5.5 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 4.2 13% 4.47 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 4.9 13% 4.43 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	13x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	9x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	8x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	9x
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

Value: 20% - Very poor

Total price: $309

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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