Toshiba Satellite L840

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics5.29% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemToshiba Satellite L840  (all builds)
MotherboardType2 Type2 - Board Product Name1
Memory2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120827
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 24 '19 at 11:05
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3210M-$52
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
56.3% Above average
Memory 85.1
1-Core 33.6
2-Core 70.1
44% 62.9 Pts
4-Core 161
8-Core 171
22% 166 Pts
64-Core 188
12% 188 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 56.3%
Great: 57%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7600M
Toshiba(1179 FB51) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.152.0.0
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
5.29% Terrible
Lighting 6.67
Reflection 6.38
Parallax 5.34
5% 6.13 fps
MRender 6.33
Gravity 4.77
Splatting 6.91
5% 6 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.29%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB-$40
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBDO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 22 20 21 22 21 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
15.5% Very poor
Read 34.3
Write 17.8
Mixed 14
SusWrite 19.6
16% 21.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 15.5%
Great: 25%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905428-086.A00LF Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
53.4% Above average
MC Read 20.4
MC Write 20
MC Mixed 18.3
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.5
SC Write 9.3
SC Mixed 13.8
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 71.9
56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 53.4%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Satellite L840 Builds (Compare 46 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Toshiba Satellite L840

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $52
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