Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below 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	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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300-$115 20,482 User benchmarks, average bench 44% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 36.1 2-Core 70.9 41% 60.8 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 142 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 51%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 755GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 147 135 125 115 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 150 Write 60.7 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 120 64% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 107%

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)	21.7% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.8 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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