Acer Aspire 5600U

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5600U (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5600U
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120813
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 15:15
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3210M-$52 79,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 76.9 1-Core 67.9 2-Core 105 53% 83.4 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 133 21% 149 Pts	64-Core 167 10% 167 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Acer(1025 073F) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.26% Terrible	Lighting 3.43 Reflection 5.08 Parallax 2.72 3% 3.74 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.22 4% 4.81 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.26% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 864GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 27 27 30 37 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 7.5 Write 31.5 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 30.6 17% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 70%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 370GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 24.7 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 19 32% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 74%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 224GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 24.3 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 19 30% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unifosa HU6E4404EP0200 2x4GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.1% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Aspire 5600U Builds (Compare 37 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire 5600U

CPU
Core i5-3230MIntel $100Bench 49%, 61,311 samples	18x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	10x
Core i3-3120MIntel $100Bench 50%, 14,372 samples	6x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	37x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x
Solid State Disk 120GBSpccBench 59%, 22,489 samples	1x
Ultra II 240GBSanDisk $40Bench 82%, 53,931 samples	1x

RAM
ACR512X64D3S16C11G 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 370 samples	8x
ACR256X64D3S16C11G ACR512X64D3S16C11G 6GBKingstonBench 44%, 50 samples	4x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,647 samples	3x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16