Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire GX-281 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire GX-281
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '19 at 19:23
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	83%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 196 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 740 68% 567 Pts	64-Core 1,076 67% 1,076 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 79.1 76% 89.9 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 81.5 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 435 441 447 443 443 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 445 Mixed 429 SusWrite 441 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 43.8 137% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 203 166% 234 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 434GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 150 152 151 151 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 150 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 113%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID a795 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	2.79% Terrible	Read 8 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 6.2 8% 6.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.79% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AM2P24HC4U1-B9QS Kingston ACR26D4U9S8MH-8 12GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 74%

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

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Workstation 42%

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System: Acer Aspire GX-281

CPU
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	139x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	38x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	69x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	39x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	27x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	92x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 21,551 samples	26x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 1x8GBMicronBench 40%, 7,235 samples	12x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	9x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $269

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16