Acer Aspire 8940G

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 8940G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer SM80-CP
Memory	0.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090903
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '16 at 21:26
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 31.5 2-Core 45.8 35% 48.9 Pts	4-Core 68.2 8-Core 80.6 10% 74.4 Pts	64-Core 81.7 5% 81.7 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M 297 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Acer(1025 026B) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.16.11.8766 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.08% Terrible	Lighting 5.53 Reflection 5.92 Parallax 2.12 4% 4.53 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 3.53 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.08% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15499102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 98500779966473 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 51 61 64428507187 (C2) HDA temperature 51 61 64428507187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15499102 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15499102 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15499102 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294959029 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29 (F2) Unknown 0 0 98 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3670041	39.2% Below average	Read 262 Write 174 Mixed 214 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 11.5 43% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 47.9 52% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 172GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 189 467 (03) Spinup time 184 177 1791 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 85 85 15056 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1719 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 140 140 181700 (C2) HDA temperature 112 83 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.9% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 59.6 Mixed 57 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM 15h Reserved 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.9 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 44%

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Typical Aspire 8940G Builds (Compare 13 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire 8940G

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	10x
Core i7 X 920Intel $90Bench 57%, 998 samples	2x
Core i7 X 940Intel $150Bench 60%, 592 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GTS 250MNvidiaBench 4%, 297 samples	6x
GeForce GT 240MNvidiaBench 2%, 2,359 samples	4x
GTX 660MNvidiaBench 7%, 7,381 samples	2x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x
SP900 256GBAdata $300Bench 74%, 9,430 samples	1x
SSDNow SNV Series 64GBKingstonBench 18%, 1,596 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	6x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	5x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $300

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16