Updating laptop....

If you compare the lines says Disk Sequential and Disk Random and compare that to Moolys numbers, you can clearly see that your HDD is extremely slow in comparison.

Just by swapping to an SSD (even a cheap one) your Random 16.0 Read score will go up a lot, and you will notice the results in daily usage.

Overall the other numbers, except Disk reads are decent, nothing to worry about there since you are not a Power User.

Arcadian said:

Amazing I could never understand any of it in a million years thanks ! :)

So still go for this original choice ....?

SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB up to 530 MB/s Sata III 2.5 inch Internal SSD: Amazon.co.uk: Computers Accessories

Yes it's a good and cheap alternative, at least it's way faster than your current HDD. :)

Jeez, that is slow, hahah! But still good enough for many light Linux or older Windows distributions.

@slicendice, what's your numbers look like?

Here is my input to WinSAT:

Asus-U46SV:

Code:

> CPU LZW Compression                          259.82 MB/s
> CPU AES256 Encryption                        1117.41 MB/s
> CPU Vista Compression                        662.94 MB/s
> CPU SHA1 Hash                                614.61 MB/s
> Uniproc CPU LZW Compression                  103.19 MB/s
> Uniproc CPU AES256 Encryption                324.48 MB/s
> Uniproc CPU Vista Compression                281.92 MB/s
> Uniproc CPU SHA1 Hash                        316.84 MB/s
> Memory Performance                           13488.76 MB/s
> Direct3D Batch Performance                   42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Alpha Blend Performance             42.00 F/s
> Direct3D ALU Performance                     42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Texture Load Performance            42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Batch Performance                   42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Alpha Blend Performance             42.00 F/s
> Direct3D ALU Performance                     42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Texture Load Performance            42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Geometry Performance                42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Geometry Performance                42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Constant Buffer Performance         42.00 F/s
> Video Memory Throughput                      8483.64 MB/s
> Dshow Video Encode Time                      0.00000 s
> Dshow Video Decode Time                      0.00000 s
> Media Foundation Decode Time                 0.00000 s
> Disk  Sequential 64.0 Read                   511.72 MB/s          8.1
> Disk  Random 16.0 Read                       383.04 MB/s          8.2
> Total Run Time 00:01:42.78

Asus ZenBook UX305:

Code:

> CPU LZW Compression                          188.23 MB/s
> CPU AES256 Encryption                        1406.79 MB/s
> CPU Vista Compression                        528.26 MB/s
> CPU SHA1 Hash                                630.28 MB/s
> Uniproc CPU LZW Compression                  89.96 MB/s
> Uniproc CPU AES256 Encryption                450.79 MB/s
> Uniproc CPU Vista Compression                248.09 MB/s
> Uniproc CPU SHA1 Hash                        334.39 MB/s
> Memory Performance                           19102.44 MB/s
> Direct3D Batch Performance                   42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Alpha Blend Performance             42.00 F/s
> Direct3D ALU Performance                     42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Texture Load Performance            42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Batch Performance                   42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Alpha Blend Performance             42.00 F/s
> Direct3D ALU Performance                     42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Texture Load Performance            42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Geometry Performance                42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Geometry Performance                42.00 F/s
> Direct3D Constant Buffer Performance         42.00 F/s
> Video Memory Throughput                      5634.32 MB/s
> Dshow Video Encode Time                      2.96488 s
> Media Foundation Decode Time                 0.13141 s
> Disk  Sequential 64.0 Read                   360.75 MB/s          7.9
> Disk  Random 16.0 Read                       269.42 MB/s          8.0
> Total Run Time 00:01:53.17

Please refer to system specs on my profile for further hardware information.