Acer TravelMate P246M-M

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Acer TravelMate P246M-M (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer BA41_HWS
Memory	0.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '20 at 17:24
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4000M-$259 7,973 User benchmarks, average bench 51% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 87.7 1-Core 50.9 2-Core 73.4 49% 70.7 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 169 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) 258,091 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Acer(1025 093B) 1.8GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3496 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.01% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 6.35 Parallax 6.12 4% 5.75 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.7 4% 4.88 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.01% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel S3500 Series 480GB-$151 1,069 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: D2010355 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 302 346 322 333 307 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 255 Write 304 Mixed 258 SusWrite 322 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 18.7 71% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 50.8 90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LS1NGG/4G 1x4GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.9% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 0.1 SC Write 0.2 SC Mixed 0.4 1% 0.23 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 33%

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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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Acer TravelMate P246M-M

CPU
Core i3-4000MIntel $259Bench 51%, 7,973 samples	3x
Core i7-4712MQIntelBench 62%, 5,324 samples	3x
Core i3-4100MIntelBench 53%, 1,320 samples	2x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	10x

SSD
120GB 120GBWDBench 64%, 139 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
120GB 120GBSSDBench 59%, 4,995 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	4x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 Kingston 99U5428-046.A00LF 8GBSamsungBench 39%, 17 samples	1x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 8GBHynixBench 46%, 2,347 samples	1x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $259

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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