Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

5 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Toshiba SATELLITE C855-237 (all builds)
Motherboard	Intel PLCSF8
Memory	0.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 16:14
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 138 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 204 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7610M 308 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Toshiba(1179 FB31) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.151.0.0 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	3.57% Terrible	Lighting 4.37 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.32 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 2.9 Splatting 5.48 4% 4.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.57% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: AX003M SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 16 16 13 47 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 83.5 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 21.8 28% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 62%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 287GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 75 77 76 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 62.8 Write 77.5 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 76 82% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CK0 1x4GB 5,120 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 11.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16