Acer Aspire 4738G

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 47.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.3% 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 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 4738G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer JE41_CP
Memory	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110527
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '21 at 03:03
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 M 460-$130 18,336 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Memory 65.8 1-Core 70 2-Core 127 52% 87.5 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 150 22% 160 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 14,621 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 0482) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.18% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 3 Parallax 1.9 1% 2.1 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.9 1% 1.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.18% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 256GB 7,147 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFQ61L3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 195 110 83 84 84 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.3% Below average	Read 173 Write 97.6 Mixed 107 SusWrite 124 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 15.2 54% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 73.9 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 131 88% 106 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 139%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 296GB free Firmware: PB3OC60F SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 73 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 73.8 Write 75.6 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 74.5 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG M471B5673FH0-CH9 4GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1067, 1067 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 9.8 23% 8.13 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.8 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 24%

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Typical Aspire 4738G Builds (Compare 15 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire 4738G

CPU
Core i3 M 380Intel $130Bench 40%, 21,755 samples	6x
Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples	4x
Core i3 M 390IntelBench 42%, 1,039 samples	2x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	11x
Radeon HD 6300MAMDBench 1%, 2,918 samples	4x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	1x

RAM
M471B5273CH0-CK0 8GBUnknownBench 35%, 10 samples	2x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 M471B5673FH0-CH9 6GBUnknownBench 22%, 17 samples	2x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 8,533 samples	1x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $168

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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