Acer TravelMate P246M-M

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 25% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	0.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer TravelMate P246M-M (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer BA41_HWS
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '20 at 03:59
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4000M-$259 7,973 User benchmarks, average bench 51% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	24.3% Poor	Memory 38.1 1-Core 23.7 2-Core 42.6 23% 34.8 Pts	4-Core 62.9 8-Core 60.3 8% 61.6 Pts	64-Core 60.9 4% 60.9 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) 258,091 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Acer(1025 093B) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4274 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.71% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 1.19 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.71% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 326 338 385 360 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 380 Write 355 Mixed 349 SusWrite 347 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 20.8 63% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 152 115% 154 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.M16 2x8GB 9,135 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.2 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 211 19% 211 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Acer TravelMate P246M-M

CPU
Core i3-4000MIntel $259Bench 51%, 7,973 samples	3x
Core i7-4712MQIntelBench 62%, 5,324 samples	3x
Core i3-4100MIntelBench 53%, 1,320 samples	2x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	10x

SSD
120GB 120GBWDBench 63%, 196 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
120GB 120GBSSDBench 59%, 4,995 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	4x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 Kingston 99U5428-046.A00LF 8GBSamsungBench 39%, 17 samples	1x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 8GBHynixBench 46%, 2,347 samples	1x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $259

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