Acer Aspire M3400

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 45.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics4.84% 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.
Memory6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire M3400  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer RS880M05
Memory2.3 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20100421
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '20 at 05:34
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU 85%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
45.5% Average
Memory 77.1
1-Core 41.7
2-Core 83.1
45% 67.3 Pts
4-Core 84.1
8-Core 85
11% 84.6 Pts
64-Core 74.8
5% 74.8 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 45.5%
Great: 48%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570
Sapphire(174B E142) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.0.0
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
4.84% Terrible
Lighting 6
Reflection 6.58
Parallax 4.91
5% 5.83 fps
MRender 6.24
Gravity 4.23
Splatting 6.65
5% 5.71 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.84%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139
693GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 36 55 42 61 66 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
36.1% Below average
Read 73.2
Write 59.8
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 52.9
38% 52.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.3
56% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 36.1%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown GU512303EP0202 3x2GB
3 of 4 slots used
6GB DIMM DDR3 533 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
23.1% Poor
MC Read 8.5
MC Write 6
MC Mixed 8
21% 7.5 GB/s
SC Read 5.8
SC Write 5.2
SC Mixed 6.2
16% 5.73 GB/s
Latency 86.1
46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 23.1%
Great: 42%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire M3400 Builds (Compare 18 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire M3400

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