Acer Aspire M5-481TG

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 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 46.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.44% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Acer Aspire M5-481TG (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer MA40_HX
Memory	7.3 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '23 at 19:53
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3317U-$225 26,848 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 53.3 2-Core 102 46% 74.2 Pts	4-Core 154 8-Core 154 21% 154 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640M 3,728 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Acer(1025 0713) 1GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1771 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	4.44% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 6.7 4% 6.17 fps	MRender 7.6 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 5.8 5% 6.6 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.44% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC600MS1024G 1TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 782GB free (System drive) Firmware: S4800105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 324 346 367 413 414 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 348 Write 390 Mixed 355 SusWrite 353 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 30.4 98% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 142 127% 193 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 121%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 320 338 357 399 405 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Read 344 Write 389 Mixed 345 SusWrite 350 81% 357 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 29.7 96% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 157 146% 231 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-1333 Elpida EBJ20UF8BDU0-GN- 0 10GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 45%

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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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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire M5-481TG

CPU
Core i5-3317UIntel $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples	15x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	13x
GeForce GT 640MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,728 samples	2x

SSD
M4 256GBCrucial $218Bench 61%, 17,938 samples	3x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x
KZ128 128GBBench 84%, 69 samples	2x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-CG Elpida EBJ20UF8BDU0-GN- 0 6GBNanyaBench 39%, 168 samples	3x
CL9-9-9 D3-1333 Elpida EBJ20UF8BDU0-GN- 0 10GBUnknownBench 30%, 9 samples	2x
M471B1G73QHO-YK0 Elpida EBJ20UF8BDU0-GN- 0 10GBUnknownBench 25%, 2 samples	2x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $443

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 $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16