Sony VGN-FW21L

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Sony VGN-FW21L (all builds)
Motherboard	Sony VAIO
Memory	0.4 GB free of 2 GB
Display	1152 x 864 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090827
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^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 T5800 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 34% N/A, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Memory 49.2 1-Core 20.1 2-Core 21.9 23% 30.4 Pts	4-Core 33.8 8-Core 34.6 5% 34.2 Pts	64-Core 19 1% 19 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD mSATA 128GB-$159 644 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01MG Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2236 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1610 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 77 (AE) Unknown 100 100 122 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5055186994168 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2898 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	36.7% Below average	Read 256 Write 174 Mixed 209 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 5.12 46% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 61.1 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 4.42 19% 43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$8 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 7GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	9.85% Terrible	Read 33.1 Write 8.4 Mixed 14.4 20% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.82 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 1.31 84% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.85% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 2 slots used 2GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	9.16% Terrible	MC Read 3.6 MC Write 2.4 MC Mixed 2.4 8% 2.8 GB/s	SC Read 2.8 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 1.1 6% 2.13 GB/s	Latency 164 24% 164 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.16% Great: 26%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 33%

Sail boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Sony VGN-FW21L

CPU
Core2 Duo T5800IntelBench 34%, 3,175 samples	1x
Core2 Duo P8400Intel $20Bench 37%, 6,904 samples	1x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 3400ATIBench 1%, 7,025 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x

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

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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