Toshiba SATELLITE U500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 36%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 40.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics1.54% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.
SystemToshiba SATELLITE U500  (all builds)
MotherboardTOSHIBA JPTR
Memory4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20100128
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateJul 30 '17 at 19:25
Run Duration667 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing below expectations (28th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3 M 330
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.15 GHz
Performing above expectations (62nd 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 Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 310M
Toshiba(1179 FF40) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
Performing above expectations (75th 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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$46
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
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
4GB free, PID a200
Performing way below expectations (2nd 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
2GB free, PID a007
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way below expectations (1st 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
0GB free, PID 2329
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way below expectations (16th 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 BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM3X4GSD1066 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (30th 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%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SATELLITE U500 Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Toshiba SATELLITE U500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 32% - Below average Total price: $137
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