Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.71% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (41^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 423, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 40.8 2-Core 81.5 44% 66.2 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 162 20% 150 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 064B) 896MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4144 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 4.75 9% 7.89 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 8.13 Splatting 6.13 6% 7.58 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$58 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1TB free Firmware: MKAOA580 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 82.6 Mixed 93.5 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.42 116% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 87%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAF Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 55.3 Mixed 64.3 44% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.26 62% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 54%
FCR-HS3 -0 1GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.21% Terrible	Read 8.36 Write 7.8 Mixed 7.86 10% 8.01 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.06 6% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.21% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 6.93 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 33%

Sail boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Pentium Dual E2160Intel $47Bench 32%, 4,697 samples	2x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	1x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	2x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	1x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	1x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	1x
520 Series 180GBIntel $132Bench 72%, 14,258 samples	1x
MX500 250GBCrucial $39Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	1x

Value: 30% - Below average

Total price: $98

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16