Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	97.7% 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	16GB 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 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 20:12
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 856 76% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,176 73% 1,176 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Sapphire(174B 1071) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.5 81% 101 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 97.7 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 253 223 126 48 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 562 Write 570 Mixed 516 SusWrite 184 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 44.4 153% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 462 DQ Mixed 316 255% 352 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 157%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 737GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 142 142 143 141 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 166 Write 132 Mixed 81 SusWrite 142 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 26.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 33.5 22% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.4 178% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 65%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 34 34 30 34 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 23.7 Mixed 22 SusWrite 32.6 38% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 3.9 258% 4.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 83%

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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	37x
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	26x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	91x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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