Scalability issues

The user is seeking help in determining why their machine is experiencing issues with Bitcoin. They have provided details about their configuration, which is uncommon for Bitcoin nodes in multiple ways. To assist others who may be working in similar areas, the user has shared information about their machine so interested parties can duplicate it. The user also anticipates making discoveries once they switch to new hardware and experiment. It is noted that a common configuration for Bitcoin nodes involves running on Windows 7 with a Core2Duo processor, no ECC, and no crypto or hashing for the disk.