Acer TravelMate P258-MG

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.61% 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	84.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	Acer TravelMate P258-MG (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer BA50_SL
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '23 at 14:11
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 66.1 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 127 51% 86.2 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 184 24% 178 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Acer(1025 1034) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1340 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 10 Parallax 6.4 5% 7.47 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 11.7 7% 8.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC600512G 512GB 5,390 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: S4800105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 348 365 361 360 347 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 324 Write 379 Mixed 335 SusWrite 351 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 35 111% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 171 176% 288 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LS1KNG/8G ACR16D3LS1KFG/8G 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 56%

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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 P258-MG Builds (Compare 15 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Acer TravelMate P258-MG

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	9x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	6x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	14x
GTX 940MNvidiaBench 9%, 15,731 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	2x
CV1-CC256 256GBLiteonBench 79%, 406 samples	1x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 27%, 6,821 samples	4x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 9 samples	2x
ACR16D3LS1KNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 27%, 5,164 samples	2x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $140

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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