Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5355 228 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 1.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	35.7% Below average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 4.5 2-Core 11.8 26% 28.8 Pts	4-Core 10.6 8-Core 40.6 3% 25.6 Pts	64-Core 48 3% 48 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 050E) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	1.06% Terrible	Lighting 1.47 Reflection 1.04 Parallax 0.81 1% 1.11 fps	MRender 0.67 Gravity 1.67 Splatting 0.7 1% 1.01 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.06% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$180 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 80 76 109 112 112 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.2% Average	Read 180 Write 110 Mixed 131 SusWrite 92 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 24.3 83% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 85 74% 111 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 89%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 40GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 36GB free Firmware: 0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 34 48 48 48 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 180 Write 47.7 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 41.9 19% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 13.5 50% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 68.1 DQ Write 37.3 DQ Mixed 43.2 35% 49.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 27%
Hitachi HDS728080PLAT20 82GB-$65 775 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 33GB free Firmware: PF2OA2AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 33 44 44 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 46.6 Write 43.1 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 39.6 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	16.3% Very poor	MC Read 6.3 MC Write 4.4 MC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.13 GB/s	SC Read 2.9 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 4.4 11% 3.77 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	29x
Core2 Duo E6750IntelBench 38%, 9,456 samples	11x
Core2 Duo E6850Intel $57Bench 40%, 4,150 samples	10x

Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $187

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16