Acer TravelMate P248-MG

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 18% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 8.02%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	9.71% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

CPU throttled at 41% 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.

System	Acer TravelMate P248-MG (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer BA40_SL
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '22 at 16:10
Run Duration	441 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	41%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6200U 135,462 User benchmarks, average bench 41% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	8.02% Terrible	Memory 10.8 1-Core 11.5 2-Core 20.5 8% 14.3 Pts	4-Core 30.2 8-Core 32.1 4% 31.1 Pts	64-Core 29.6 2% 29.6 Pts
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 8.02% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 940M 15,731 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Acer(1025 1046) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.1659 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	9.71% Terrible	Lighting 13.1 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 11.2 11% 13 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 13.5 Splatting 9.2 8% 9.53 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.71% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X1240G 240GB 3,895 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0601B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 179 169 253 277 247 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 375 Write 292 Mixed 298 SusWrite 230 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 14.6 56% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 80.2 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 46 42% 63.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LS1KBGR/4G ACR16D3LS1KNG/4G 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 2.8 SC Write 3.7 SC Mixed 4 10% 3.5 GB/s	Latency 396 10% 396 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 56%

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

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Acer TravelMate P248-MG

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	5x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	5x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	7x
GTX 940MNvidiaBench 9%, 15,731 samples	2x
GeForce 920MNvidiaBench 5%, 11,731 samples	1x

SSD
128GB SSD 128GBLexarBench 67%, 8,135 samples	3x
T253X1240G 240GBTeamBench 68%, 3,895 samples	2x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	4x
ACR16D3LS1KBGR/4G ACR16D3LS1KNG/4G 8GBKingstonBench 41%, 6 samples	2x
ACR16D3LS1KNG/4G 1x4GBKingstonBench 23%, 5,526 samples	1x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48