Toshiba Satellite S55-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.21% 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 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemToshiba Satellite S55-A  (all builds)
MotherboardTOSHIBA VG10S
Memory5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140919
Uptime26.1 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '18 at 22:44
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
72.6% Very good
Memory 92.7
1-Core 97.1
2-Core 189
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 286
8-Core 413
44% 349 Pts
64-Core 412
26% 412 Pts
Poor: 32%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740M
Toshiba(1179 FA47) 2GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7654
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
6.21% Terrible
Lighting 7.57
Reflection 8.23
Parallax 9.16
6% 8.32 fps
MRender 5
Gravity 8.57
Splatting 8.87
6% 7.48 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.21%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB
662GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JA0OA560 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
57% Above average
Read 101
Write 97.9
Mixed 95
74% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.36
4K Mixed 0.19
68% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 57%
Great: 57%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB
116GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
48.3% Average
Read 160
Write 77.1
Mixed 103
132% 113 MB/s
4K Read 7.28
4K Write 2.14
4K Mixed 1.31
144% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 48.3%
Great: 36%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451S6MFR8A-PB 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
56.4% Above average
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 16.2
55% 19.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 17.6
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 18%
This bench: 56.4%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Satellite S55-A Builds (Compare 137 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Toshiba Satellite S55-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $209
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