Dell Vostro 230

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 8% Tree trunk	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 37.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.39% 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	The RAM on this system should be upgraded to at least 2GB although on 32bit systems 1GB will suffice as a bare minimum.
OS Version	Although 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Vostro 230 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 07N90W
Memory	0.2 GB free of 1 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '19 at 01:39
Run Duration	317 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium E5400-$75 14,795 User benchmarks, average bench 36% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Memory 63 1-Core 38.6 2-Core 76.4 38% 59.3 Pts	4-Core 75.9 8-Core 74.5 10% 75.2 Pts	64-Core 76.9 5% 76.9 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel G41 Express Chipset 33,874 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Dell(1028 043E) 270MB Driver: igdumd32.dll Ver. 8.15.10.1749 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.39% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 0.42 Parallax 0.53 0% 0.48 fps	MRender 0.29 Gravity 0.37 Splatting 0.61 0% 0.42 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.39% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 37 28 48 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 8 Write 15.5 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 31.1 13% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x1GB 12,162 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 2 slots used 1GB DIMM DDR3 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	12.5% Very poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 3.8 MC Mixed 3.7 12% 4.1 GB/s	SC Read 0.5 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 0 4% 1.5 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 52%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

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 $29Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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