Acer TravelMate 8172

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.18% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Acer TravelMate 8172 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer TravelMate 8172
Memory	0.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110331
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '20 at 23:25
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 U 470 341 User benchmarks, average bench 31% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.35 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Memory 60.1 1-Core 33.1 2-Core 48.7 33% 47.3 Pts	4-Core 62.1 8-Core 73.7 9% 67.9 Pts	64-Core 75.7 5% 75.7 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 0449) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.18% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 0.27 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.21 fps	MRender 0.38 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 0.22 0% 0.27 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.18% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: PB3O SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 17 13 32 34 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 57.5 Write 55.7 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 28 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 42%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 248GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 231GB free, PID 00ed, pny Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 8.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	9.17% Terrible	Read 28.2 Write 21.2 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 10.4 25% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 66% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.17% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GB 5,297 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	15.4% Very poor	MC Read 4.5 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 6.4 14% 5.07 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 3.6 10% 3.5 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 50%

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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 TravelMate 8172 Builds (Compare 3 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 32%

Sail boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Acer TravelMate 8172

CPU
Core i3 U 380IntelBench 31%, 574 samples	2x
Core i5 U 470IntelBench 31%, 341 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	3x

SSD
Blue 3D 500GBWD $67Bench 97%, 43,442 samples	1x

RAM
HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG 4GBUnknownBench 22%, 21 samples	1x
M471B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 5,297 samples	1x
NT2GC64B8HC0NS-CG 1x2GBNanyaBench 21%, 276 samples	1x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $67

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16