Sony VGN-TZ170N

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemSony VGN-TZ170N  (all builds)
MotherboardSony VAIO
Memory0.4 GB free of 2 GB @ 0 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20070711
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 23 '17 at 03:23
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 U7500
N/A, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.05 GHz, turbo 1.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
27.4% Poor
Memory 51.3
1-Core 12.2
2-Core 23.9
23% 29.1 Pts
4-Core 23.8
8-Core 24.2
3% 24 Pts
64-Core 22.5
1% 22.5 Pts
Poor: 12%
This bench: 27.4%
Great: 30%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MK1011GAH 100GB
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BK002A Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
15.2% Very poor
Read 26
Write 26.7
Mixed 12.6
16% 21.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.86
4K Mixed 0.19
50% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 15.2%
Great: 15%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
7.36% Terrible
MC Read 2.1
MC Write 2.2
MC Mixed 1.9
6% 2.07 GB/s
SC Read 1.9
SC Write 1.8
SC Mixed 1.2
5% 1.63 GB/s
Latency 156
26% 156 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 7.36%
Great: 26%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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