Toshiba Satellite A300

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 17%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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.
ProcessorWith 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 40.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics0.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8 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 A300  (all builds)
MotherboardTOSHIBA Portable PC
Memory0.1 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 8
BIOS Date20081124
Uptime13.1 Days
Run DateNov 11 '21 at 16:34
Run Duration345 Seconds
Run User PER-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 - 4005U
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg)
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
40.1% Average
Memory 70.9
1-Core 28.6
2-Core 55.9
36% 51.8 Pts
4-Core 57.5
8-Core 57.1
8% 57.3 Pts
64-Core 56.7
4% 56.7 Pts
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Familia Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset
Toshiba(1179 FF1E)
Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2702
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.33% Terrible
Lighting 0.5
Reflection 0.7
Parallax 0.4
0% 0.53 fps
MRender 0.5
Gravity 0.1
Splatting 0.1
0% 0.23 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.33%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Fujitsu MHX2300BT 300GB
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0041000B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 9.8 22 24 23 16 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
14% Very poor
Read 31.3
Write 26
Mixed 9.7
SusWrite 17.3
15% 21.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 14%
Great: 22%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x1GB
2 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR2
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
9.46% Terrible
MC Read 3.9
MC Write 3.9
MC Mixed 0.5
8% 2.77 GB/s
SC Read 0.7
SC Write 0.6
SC Mixed 0
1% 0.43 GB/s
Latency 99.2
40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 6%
This bench: 9.46%
Great: 20%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Satellite A300 Builds (Compare 94 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Toshiba Satellite A300

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