Toshiba TECRA Z40-A

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 19% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 17.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	0.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 75% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Toshiba TECRA Z40-A (all builds)
Motherboard	TOSHIBA TECRA Z40-A
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140415
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 11:55
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	75%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4300U 36,631 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Socket BGA1168, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Memory 23.8 1-Core 19.1 2-Core 43.4 17% 28.8 Pts	4-Core 64 8-Core 55.3 8% 59.7 Pts	64-Core 62.7 4% 62.7 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Toshiba(1179 0004) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5070 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	0.71% Terrible	Lighting 0.73 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 1.16 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 1.71 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.3 1% 1.14 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.71% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 mSATA 256GB 1,754 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: JUT10101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 208 81 85 81 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 368 Write 329 Mixed 366 SusWrite 127 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 23 68% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 117 92% 127 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 97%
WD Elements 500GB 559 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 119GB free Firmware: 8102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 104 103 103 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 103 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 101 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.1 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 4.4 13% 4.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 4 12% 4.4 GB/s	Latency 293 14% 293 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Toshiba TECRA Z40-A

CPU
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples	36x
Core i5-4310UIntelBench 49%, 14,648 samples	24x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	18x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	107x
GeForce GT 730MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,897 samples	1x

SSD
HG6 mSATA 128GBToshibaBench 71%, 3,217 samples	25x
HG6 mSATA 256GBToshibaBench 75%, 1,754 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	33x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	30x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	23x

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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