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Toshiba Satellite A500

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Toshiba Satellite A500 (all builds)
Motherboard	TOSHIBA Portable PC
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100831
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '21 at 21:33
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 90.9 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 113 58% 89.8 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 199 22% 171 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 330M 7,697 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Toshiba(1179 FF16) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	2.47% Terrible	Lighting 2.8 Reflection 2.3 Parallax 1.3 2% 2.13 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 3.1 3% 3.57 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.47% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 197 155 34 25 23 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.9% Below average	Read 213 Write 140 Mixed 182 SusWrite 103 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 16 53% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 49.5 DQ Mixed 31.6 25% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 134%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 606GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 24 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 19 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 22.6 29% 22.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair SODIM DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 2,036 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 50%

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Typical Satellite A500 Builds (Compare 97 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Toshiba Satellite A500

CPU
Core i5 M 430IntelBench 39%, 14,318 samples	21x
Core i3 M 330IntelBench 38%, 14,119 samples	20x
Core2 Duo P8700Intel $42Bench 37%, 7,366 samples	16x

GPU
GeForce GT 230MNvidiaBench 2%, 2,911 samples	40x
GeForce GT 330MNvidiaBench 2%, 7,697 samples	39x
Mobility Radeon HD 4650ATIBench 3%, 4,405 samples	8x

SSD
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GBBench 71%, 36,832 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	36x
M471B5673FH0-CF8 2x2GBSamsungBench 25%, 6,000 samples	12x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	10x

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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 $40	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

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