Toshiba SATELLITE U500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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.
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 40.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Toshiba SATELLITE U500 (all builds)
Motherboard	TOSHIBA JPTR
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100128
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 19:25
Run Duration	667 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 330 14,119 User benchmarks, average bench 38% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	40.3% Average	Memory 60.8 1-Core 48.1 2-Core 82 40% 63.6 Pts	4-Core 116 8-Core 118 16% 117 Pts	64-Core 121 8% 121 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 310M 8,303 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Toshiba(1179 FF40) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.54% Terrible	Lighting 1.67 Reflection 3 Parallax 0.53 1% 1.73 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 2.13 2% 2.38 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.54% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$45 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 183 178 1825 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1381 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1373 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23889 (C2) HDA temperature 106 94 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	26.9% Poor	Read 53.4 Write 40.2 Mixed 48.4 36% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 62%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 4GB free, PID a200 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	7.94% Terrible	Read 49.1 Write 2.52 Mixed 4.48 14% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.06 5% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.9% Terrible	Read 5.67 Write 9.12 Mixed 7.74 10% 7.51 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.14 28% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 4.9% Great: 43%
WDC WD64 00AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 0GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 25.4 Write 15.8 Mixed 20.3 25% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X4GSD1066 2x4GB 616 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.4% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 6.2 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical SATELLITE U500 Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Toshiba SATELLITE U500

CPU
Core i5 M 430IntelBench 39%, 14,318 samples	12x
Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples	3x
Core2 Duo P8700Intel $42Bench 37%, 7,366 samples	3x

GPU
GeForce 310MNvidiaBench 1%, 8,303 samples	16x
Mobility Radeon HD 4500ATIBench 1%, 9,615 samples	6x
GeForce G210MNvidiaBench 1%, 1,370 samples	2x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 65%, 6,648 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	9x
HMT125S6BFR8C-G7 2x2GBHynixBench 24%, 1,873 samples	4x
M471B5673EH1-CF8 2x2GBSamsungBench 25%, 2,358 samples	4x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $137

CPU	GPU	SSD
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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $383