Acer Nitro AN515-42

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 80% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
SystemAcer Nitro AN515-42  (all builds)
MotherboardRR Freed_RRS
Memory25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0 GHz
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181030
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateDec 07 '18 at 03:25
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 78%
CPU Throttled 80%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
FP5, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
38% Below average
Memory 47.1
1-Core 48.6
2-Core 84.1
36% 59.9 Pts
4-Core 156
8-Core 266
26% 211 Pts
64-Core 269
17% 269 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 38%
Great: 62%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
879GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 124 124 119 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Read 131
Write 121
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 123
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
67.1% Good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 24.1
MC Mixed 27.4
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 8.7
SC Write 11.8
SC Mixed 11.9
31% 10.8 GB/s
Latency 172
23% 172 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
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Workstation
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System: Acer Nitro AN515-42

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