Acer TravelMate P278-MG

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics9.43% 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 Drive52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer TravelMate P278-MG  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer TravelMate P278-MG
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160902
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 18 '22 at 17:28
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6500U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
50.7% Above average
Memory 71.2
1-Core 66.7
2-Core 131
54% 89.5 Pts
4-Core 176
8-Core 181
24% 178 Pts
64-Core 230
14% 230 Pts
Poor: 21%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 57%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 940M
Acer(1025 1040) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.15.1277
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
9.43% Terrible
Lighting 13
Reflection 10.5
Parallax 11.4
11% 11.6 fps
MRender 5.5
Gravity 12.4
Splatting 8.3
7% 8.73 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 9.43%
Great: 10%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GG2 256GB
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 206 179 225 227 170 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
52.2% Above average
Read 136
Write 112
Mixed 286
SusWrite 203
42% 185 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 31.1
4K Mixed 21.9
76% 24.6 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 121
124% 204 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 93%
WD WD10JPVX-22JC3T0 500GB
446GB free
Firmware: AM001K
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 107 105 104 106 105 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive
Read 101
Write 91.2
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 105
60% 82.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 91%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 0515 CT102464BF160B 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
54% Above average
MC Read 19.4
MC Write 20.1
MC Mixed 18.1
55% 19.2 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 16.4
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 98.6
41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 54%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical TravelMate P278-MG Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: Acer TravelMate P278-MG

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