A ~2017 era cpu is not all that old. That being said, it's probably using a 7th gen intel core cpu, which was one generation before the move from 4 to 6 cores

A ~2017 era cpu is not all that old. That being said, it's probably using a 7th gen intel core cpu, which was one generation before the move from 4 to 6 cores for many desktops cpus.