Sony VGN-FW21Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Sony VGN-FW21Z (all builds)
Motherboard	Sony VAIO
Memory	2.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1152 x 864 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090827
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '20 at 08:42
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	TUN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo T9400-$55 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 39% N/A, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 36.3 2-Core 71.5 41% 60.8 Pts	4-Core 72.1 8-Core 68.5 10% 70.3 Pts	64-Core 70.8 4% 70.8 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 3,003 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sony(104D 9035) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.58% Terrible	Lighting 1.67 Reflection 3.46 Parallax 0.75 1% 1.96 fps	MRender 2.29 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.26 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.58% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Fujitsu MHZ2500BT G1 500GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0041000C Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 30.2 Mixed 28.5 23% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 28%
Generic ASTC SD Card 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 29GB free Firmware: 3.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.8 6.7 5.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	4.84% Terrible	Read 10.3 Write 8.5 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 6.3 6% 8.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 26%

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 (54^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 5.2 15% 5.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 3.8 14% 4.93 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.7% 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 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Sony VGN-FW21Z

CPU
Core2 Duo T9400Intel $55Bench 39%, 3,295 samples	1x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 3650ATIBench 2%, 3,003 samples	1x

SSD
Fury 120GBHyperX $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $215

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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