Sony VGN-P688E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
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Desktop
Desktop 6%
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Workstation
Workstation 0%
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 13.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics0.11% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemSony VGN-P688E  (all builds)
MotherboardSony VAIO
Memory1.1 GB free of 2 GB @ 0 GHz
Display1600 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20090429
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 01 '18 at 14:41
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU 68%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Atom Z520
N/A, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.35 GHz
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
13.3% Very poor
Memory 25.6
1-Core 4.2
2-Core 8.3
10% 12.7 Pts
4-Core 8.1
8-Core 7.7
1% 7.9 Pts
64-Core 8.4
0% 8.4 Pts
Poor: 7%
This bench: 13.3%
Great: 33%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500
Sony(104D 9039)
Driver: igdumd32.dll Ver. 8.14.10.2011
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
0.11% Terrible
Lighting 0.2
Reflection 0.08
Parallax 0.25
0% 0.18 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.11%
Great: 0%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MMCRE64GFMPP-MVA 64GB
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VAM05S1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 30 38 39 42 44 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
27.2% Poor
Read 55.9
Write 28.4
Mixed 27.3
SusWrite 35.5
27% 36.8 MB/s
4K Read 7.9
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 4.6
909% 5.4 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 27.2%
Great: 27%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1x2GB
1 of 1 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR2
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
6.03% Terrible
MC Read 2.4
MC Write 1.7
MC Mixed 1.6
6% 1.9 GB/s
SC Read 1.6
SC Write 2
SC Mixed 0.7
4% 1.43 GB/s
Latency 282
14% 282 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 6.03%
Great: 26%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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