Toshiba Satellite A500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
Graphics	2.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Toshiba Satellite A500 (all builds)
Motherboard	TOSHIBA Portable PC
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20100831
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '15 at 14:00
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th 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% , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 64.6 2-Core 105 40% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 236 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 30% 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 Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4144 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	2.79% Terrible	Lighting 3.23 Reflection 4.77 Parallax 1.31 3% 3.11 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 3.52 3% 3.88 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.79% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1227 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 66 58 180389937186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 292 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 268 (F2) Unknown 100 100 36 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 77888	40% Below average	Read 262 Write 229 Mixed 239 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 7.62 44% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 13.2 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 7.45 21% 41.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 110%
Seagate Slim BK 500GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 121GB free, PID a014 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 26.5 Write 19.8 Mixed 22.7 29% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.17 28% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 42%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 75GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 26.9 Write 20.5 Mixed 11 23% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 43%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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