The laptop’s budget leanings are shown immediately, as the core i3-2350M is one of the last generation sandy bridge models,
rather than the more powerful current range of IVY bridge processor. Fortunately, the core i3 used here is one of the faster older generation models, running at 2.3GHz. Combined with the 4GB of RAM, it led to the K55VD getting the respectable 39 over all in our benchmark. This means tha you will be able to run windows 8 smoothly and even indulge in some more complicated task, such as video and image eaditing.
Unusually for this laptop at this price, the k55vd has the dedicated nvidia geforce 610M graphics chipset, rather than relying on the processor’s integrated graphics. This is no graphics powerhouse, but it does mean that you will be able to play some modern games, if you are prepared to make some tweaks.