I don't do gaming, so that is why there is not a rating for "gaming". I mainly process and play high end music (audiophile vinyl rips), so I need a lot of disk space, decent RAM, and Gb network. The great thing about the refurb machine is that I can get exactly what I want and not what I don't want (because I have the hard drives, the audio and video cards, the network cards, etc) that I want to add. I think the value is outstanding and adding in the responsiveness (both timewise and content wise) of the support from the company I could not be happier that I decided to go this was and try a refurbished computer.