Acer Aspire M5201

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 40.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.57% 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire M5201 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer RS780HVF
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080507
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 12:02
Run Duration	430 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9550 2,773 User benchmarks, average bench 43% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Memory 69.9 1-Core 31.3 2-Core 47.3 36% 49.5 Pts	4-Core 67.2 8-Core 83.9 10% 75.6 Pts	64-Core 86.2 5% 86.2 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3200 5,730 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 014E) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	0.57% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.38 0% 0.83 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.71 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.57% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 177GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 152 4983 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24151 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 58754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24151 (C2) HDA temperature 113 96 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.6% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 65.8 Mixed 27.9 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 162 151 4866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 19 19 59412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 718 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.4 Mixed 87.6 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.12 28% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 153GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 47 46 115520605 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 681206802 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4590 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 46 115520605 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.7% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 59.7 Mixed 34.5 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 37%
HGST 1TB 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 681GB free, PID 1014 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 22.3 Mixed 22.6 29% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.17 51% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 32GB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 26GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	8.17% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 10.9 Mixed 14.6 18% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.79 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.54 55% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.17% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 5.7 16% 5.73 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 3.9 10% 3.47 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire M5201

CPU
Athlon II X4 620AMDBench 44%, 5,981 samples	1x
Phenom 9650AMD $125Bench 43%, 2,698 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	1x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	1x

SSD
Fury 120GBHyperX $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples	1x

RAM
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	1x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	1x

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Value: 3% - Terrible

Total price: $160

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) $39	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16