Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5450-$299 5,870 User benchmarks, average bench 50% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.55 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 50.7 2-Core 102 50% 78.3 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 199 27% 201 Pts	64-Core 203 12% 203 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD155UI 1.5TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 72 71 70 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 106 Write 130 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 66.9 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 70%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 88GB free Firmware: FH100-06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 72 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 74 Write 69.6 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 67.9 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 1024, 2048, 1024, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	23.1% Poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 6.5 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 6.6 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

CPU
Core2 QuadIntel $90Bench 43%, 5,765 samples	7x
Core2 6600Intel $90Bench 37%, 8,894 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	3x
SSD370S 128GBTranscend $70Bench 74%, 10,510 samples	2x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $300

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