Toshiba Satellite A300

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Toshiba Satellite A300 (all builds)
Motherboard	TOSHIBA Satellite A300
Memory	2.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20080414
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 21:00
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 T8300-$27 2,604 User benchmarks, average bench 37% U2E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	40.7% Average	Memory 70.5 1-Core 34.2 2-Core 66.1 39% 56.9 Pts	4-Core 67.7 8-Core 65.9 9% 66.8 Pts	64-Core 68.1 4% 68.1 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 41%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 3,003 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Toshiba(1179 FF50) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.783.0.0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.81% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 4.12 Parallax 1 2% 2.41 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 3.61 2% 2.3 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.81% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 90 52 53 53 53 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.6% Below average	Read 197 Write 139 Mixed 126 SusWrite 70.8 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 15.8 65% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 56.7 DQ Mixed 25.5 24% 36 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 85%
General UDisk 4GB 5,358 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.4 3 3.4 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.92% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 1.2 Mixed 2.8 SusWrite 3.2 6% 6.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.92% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	15.5% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 4 MC Mixed 4.1 13% 4.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 5.1 13% 4.57 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 44%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 34%

Sail boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Toshiba Satellite A300

CPU
Core2 Duo T6400Intel $99Bench 34%, 4,995 samples	19x
Core2 Duo T8300Intel $27Bench 37%, 2,604 samples	9x
Core2 Duo T6500IntelBench 34%, 3,335 samples	7x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 3400ATIBench 1%, 7,025 samples	44x
Mobility Radeon HD 3650ATIBench 2%, 3,003 samples	33x
Mobile Series 4 Express Chipset FamilyIntelBench 0%, 23,924 samples	13x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	5x
PLUS 480GBSandiskBench 48%, 58,990 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	55x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	28x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	4x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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