Sony VGN-NW21ZF_S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	1.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Sony VGN-NW21ZF_S (all builds)
Motherboard	Sony VAIO
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090820
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '15 at 15:29
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 P7450-$90 2,755 User benchmarks, average bench 36% N/A, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 33.1 2-Core 57 21% 45 Pts	4-Core 68.8 8-Core 69 9% 68.9 Pts	64-Core 70.3 4% 70.3 Pts
Poor: 22% Great: 41%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 9,615 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sony(104D 906B) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.97.10.6 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.4% Terrible	Lighting 1.77 Reflection 2.73 Parallax 1.34 1% 1.95 fps	MRender 1.76 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 2.22 1% 1.56 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.4% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 98603859181616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 38 81606869025 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9247 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9247 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10258 (F9) Unknown 100 100 905	35.3% Below average	Read 249 Write 114 Mixed 144 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 14.6 57% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 29 DQ Mixed 7.2 10% 16.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 79%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 339GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 4227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 86695 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 197569019932 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41.9% Average	Read 72.2 Write 73.7 Mixed 69.2 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 45%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 36%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

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System: Sony VGN-NW21ZF_S

CPU
Core2 Duo P7450Intel $90Bench 36%, 2,755 samples	2x
Core2 Duo T9400Intel $55Bench 39%, 3,295 samples	1x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 4500ATIBench 1%, 9,615 samples	3x

SSD
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $164

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)