Acer Aspire 5600U

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 18.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics2.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire 5600U  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire 5600U
Memory0.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120524
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateMar 27 '18 at 15:12
Run Duration825 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-3110M-$70
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
18.7% Very poor
Memory 29.4
1-Core 21.3
2-Core 27.9
18% 26.2 Pts
4-Core 44.4
8-Core 81.9
8% 63.2 Pts
64-Core 121
8% 121 Pts
Poor: 32%
This bench: 18.7%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630M
Acer(1025 073F) 1GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9065
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
2.34% Terrible
Lighting 1.97
Reflection 3.73
Parallax 0.78
2% 2.16 fps
MRender 6.52
Gravity 4.93
Splatting 3.09
4% 4.85 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 2.34%
Great: 4%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ-AGILITY3 240GB
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 94%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 2TB
2TB free, PID 6298
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
14.6% Very poor
Read 5.68
Write 4.3
Mixed 3.7
6% 4.56 MB/s
4K Read 2.85
4K Write 3.95
4K Mixed 1.35
191% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 14.6%
Great: 29%
SDHC Card 32GB
23GB free, PID null
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
5.43% Terrible
Read 12.7
Write 14
Mixed 9.32
15% 12 MB/s
4K Read 0.99
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.14
12% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.43%
Great: 33%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905428-417.A00LF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
31.7% Below average
MC Read 11.5
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 13.3
37% 13 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 2.2
SC Mixed 0.1
7% 2.53 GB/s
Latency 258
16% 258 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 31.7%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire 5600U Builds (Compare 37 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire 5600U

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