Acer TravelMate 5730

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 7%
Tree trunk
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 16%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics0.43% 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 8 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 (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAcer TravelMate 5730  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Homa
Memory0.4 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20090319
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 10 '18 at 13:27
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User BIH-User
Background CPU 96%

 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Duo P8700-$42
U2E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.55 GHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
16% Very poor
Memory 25.6
1-Core 15.1
2-Core 21.8
14% 20.8 Pts
4-Core 39.1
8-Core 30.3
5% 34.7 Pts
64-Core 66.1
4% 66.1 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 16%
Great: 43%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Mobile Series 4 Express Chipset Family
Acer(1025 013C) 796MB
Driver: igdumdx32.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2202
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.43% Terrible
Lighting 0.5
Reflection 0.38
Parallax 0.47
0% 0.45 fps
MRender 0.38
Gravity 0.73
Splatting 0.57
0% 0.56 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.43%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
30.6% Below average
Read 56.9
Write 49.9
Mixed 50.5
39% 52.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.08
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.22
43% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 30.6%
Great: 41%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR2
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
8.58% Terrible
MC Read 2.9
MC Write 3.2
MC Mixed 3
9% 3.03 GB/s
SC Read 1.3
SC Write 1.1
SC Mixed 1.9
4% 1.43 GB/s
Latency 282
14% 282 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 8.58%
Great: 26%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical TravelMate 5730 Builds (Compare 15 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 37%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer TravelMate 5730

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