Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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 Xeon X3330 293 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 46 2-Core 92.1 47% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 173 24% 178 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gainward(10B0 0401) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.25% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 3.5 Parallax 3.9 5% 4.53 fps	MRender 1.6 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 0.7 3% 3.57 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 4.25% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB 2,061 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: FSPAN102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 123 130 114 147 121 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.1% Average	Read 206 Write 204 Mixed 203 SusWrite 120 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 30.6 90% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 50.3 DQ Mixed 35.7 28% 39 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM SDRAM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	24% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.7 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $150Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	5x
Core2 Duo E8600Intel $180Bench 44%, 6,109 samples	2x
Pentium E6600Intel $50Bench 39%, 5,119 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	3x
Radeon HD 3800ATIBench 5%, 3,400 samples	2x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	2x

SSD
Pyro 60GBPatriot $125Bench 38%, 630 samples	2x
THNSNF128GCSS 128GBToshibaBench 68%, 2,061 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

Value: 27% - Poor

Total price: $275