Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	10.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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

PC Performing as expected (50^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 E7200-$14 6,054 User benchmarks, average bench 38% LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 35.6 2-Core 70.4 39% 58.1 Pts	4-Core 68.2 8-Core 69.9 9% 69.1 Pts	64-Core 69.7 4% 69.7 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 44%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 351A) 1GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 9.91 10% 11.7 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 15.8 12% 14.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: V54OA7EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 24 26 25 38 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 40 Write 53.8 Mixed 29 SusWrite 30.1 28% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 40%
WD My Book Elite 1TB 763 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 159GB free, PID 1111 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 28 27 28 28 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 27 Mixed 26 SusWrite 27.1 38% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 20%

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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.8% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 5.2 16% 5.53 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 5.8 15% 5.23 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.8% 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 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	3x
Pentium Dual E2180Intel $130Bench 33%, 7,312 samples	2x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce 7300 SENvidiaBench 0%, 1,208 samples	3x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	2x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	2x

SSD
335 Series 240GBIntel $219Bench 77%, 4,220 samples	1x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	1x
SSDNow KC300 240GBKingston $81Bench 78%, 2,054 samples	1x

Value: 26% - Poor

Total price: $389

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