Toshiba Satellite A300

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 14%
Tree trunk
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 21.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.72% 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.
Memory3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemToshiba Satellite A300  (all builds)
MotherboardTOSHIBA Portable PC
Memory0.9 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20090213
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 29 '17 at 13:50
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium T4200-$99
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2 GHz
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
21.4% Poor
Memory 35.4
1-Core 19.5
2-Core 24
19% 26.3 Pts
4-Core 46.7
8-Core 32.8
6% 39.8 Pts
64-Core 47.3
3% 47.3 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 21.4%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400
Toshiba(1179 FF1E) 256MB
Driver: atiumdag.dll Ver. 8.632.1.2000
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
0.72% Terrible
Lighting 0.8
Reflection 1.73
Parallax 0.53
1% 1.02 fps
MRender 1.14
Gravity 0.37
Splatting 1.48
1% 1 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.72%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
23.7% Poor
Read 46.5
Write 36.4
Mixed 38.4
30% 40.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.02
4K Write 0.07
4K Mixed 0.04
6% 0.04 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 23.7%
Great: 32%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3GB
null MHz
1024, 2048 MB
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
11.1% Very poor
MC Read 4.1
MC Write 3.6
MC Mixed 3.8
11% 3.83 GB/s
SC Read 2.1
SC Write 2.4
SC Mixed 2.7
7% 2.4 GB/s
Latency 225
18% 225 ns
Poor: 8%
This bench: 11.1%
Great: 23%

 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 39% - Below average Total price: $128
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