Toshiba Satellite M840

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics5.25% 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 Drive32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 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.
SystemToshiba Satellite M840  (all builds)
MotherboardType2 Type2 - Board Product Name1
Memory4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20121227
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateJan 12 '20 at 22:43
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-3120M-$100
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
51.3% Above average
Memory 77.3
1-Core 68.2
2-Core 129
56% 91.4 Pts
4-Core 146
8-Core 164
20% 155 Pts
64-Core 166
10% 166 Pts
Poor: 35%
This bench: 51.3%
Great: 59%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
Toshiba(1179 FB81) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.151.0.0
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
5.25% Terrible
Lighting 6.67
Reflection 6.5
Parallax 5.31
5% 6.16 fps
MRender 5.62
Gravity 4.77
Splatting 7.13
5% 5.84 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.25%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
APS-SL3N-120 120GB
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 20 29 30 21 21 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
32.1% Below average
Read 391
Write 370
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 80
48% 216 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 12.1
4K Mixed 1
34% 10.1 MB/s
DQ Read 80.3
DQ Write 35.4
DQ Mixed 1
16% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 32.1%
Great: 87%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB
11GB free, PID 5567
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 6.7 8.7 8.9 8.3 9.4 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
11.7% Very poor
Read 31.5
Write 6
Mixed 10.8
SusWrite 7.9
15% 14.1 MB/s
4K Read 3.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 2.9
162% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 11.7%
Great: 17%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5474-013.A00LF HMT451S6MFR8C-PB 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
46.3% Average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 17
MC Mixed 14.6
47% 16.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 11.5
SC Mixed 14.3
36% 12.5 GB/s
Latency 85.6
47% 85.6 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Satellite M840 Builds (Compare 34 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: Toshiba Satellite M840

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