Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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.

System	Acer Aspire GX-281 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire GX-281
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '19 at 17:07
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 209 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 710 66% 549 Pts	64-Core 1,072 66% 1,072 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(174B E580) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 60.4 Reflection 65.9 Parallax 87.1 49% 71.1 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 52.7 48% 60 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 419 416 425 413 434 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 435 Mixed 373 SusWrite 422 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 49.2 164% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 293 221% 295 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 877GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 113 118 106 41 35 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 89 SusWrite 83 132% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 112% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 61%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 7.2 6.2 21 78 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 107 SusWrite 42.8 147% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 56%
ST2000DL 001-9VT156 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 120 124 126 118 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 121 149% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 48%
WDC WD60 EZRZ-00GZ5B1 6TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 124 Write 127 Mixed 102 SusWrite 0.2 113% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 129% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 65%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 7.3 11 9.6 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 105 Write 20.1 Mixed 8.6 SusWrite 9.9 33% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 37% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AM2P24HC4U1-B9QS AM2P24HC8T1-BUSS 12GB 513 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 20.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 73%

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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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $269

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16