Dell Vostro 230

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	3.38% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB 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. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 230 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 07N90W
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 19:39
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5450-$299 5,870 User benchmarks, average bench 50% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 42.7 2-Core 84.1 43% 66.4 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 157 20% 154 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7470 14,835 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	2.19% Terrible	Lighting 2.87 Reflection 2.96 Parallax 2.47 2% 2.77 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 1.97 Splatting 2.57 2% 2.29 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.19% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk P4 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: SSD 8.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 8.9 9.7 7.1 17 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	3.38% Terrible	Read 48.2 Write 10.2 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 10.5 4% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 3% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 52%
Seagate ST9160823AS 160GB-$51 538 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 117GB free Firmware: 3.AHE SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 20 26 20 23 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 22.2 Write 14.7 Mixed 15.4 SusWrite 20.7 14% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 32%
Toshiba MK1652GSX 160GB-$30 2,145 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 30GB free Firmware: LV011C SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 31 32 32 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 35 Write 31.5 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 31.8 22% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	21.4% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 6.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 44%

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

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 39%

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Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 230

CPU
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	83x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $150Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	31x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	17x

GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples	105x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	15x
GeForce 310NvidiaBench 1%, 4,147 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	125x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	57x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	25x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $137

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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