Acer TravelMate P248-M

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	48.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Acer TravelMate P248-M (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer BA40_SL
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160505
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '21 at 02:00
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100U 24,116 User benchmarks, average bench 43% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 68.1 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 126 53% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 191 26% 191 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Acer(1025 1044) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.3% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 4.1 Parallax 6.4 5% 5.4 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 9.7 7% 7.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.3% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 175 124 92 56 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 307 Write 312 Mixed 263 SusWrite 127 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 14.9 49% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 130 142% 238 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 Kingston ACR16D3LS1KNG/4G 12GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 48%

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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 P248-M Builds (Compare 21 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Acer TravelMate P248-M

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	14x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples	6x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	1x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	21x

SSD
Trion 150 240GBOCZ $196Bench 79%, 15,660 samples	1x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	1x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	1x

RAM
ACR16D3LS1KNG/4G 1x4GBKingstonBench 23%, 5,526 samples	7x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	1x
ACR16D3LS1KNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 27%, 5,164 samples	1x

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Value: 6% - Terrible

Total price: $196

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16