Acer Nitro AN515-42

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics10.2% 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 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Nitro AN515-42  (all builds)
MotherboardRR Freed_RRS
Memory2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181030
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 17 '18 at 19:34
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th 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 2.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
56.6% Above average
Memory 62
1-Core 90.6
2-Core 151
58% 101 Pts
4-Core 277
8-Core 421
43% 349 Pts
64-Core 484
30% 484 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 56.6%
Great: 62%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)
Acer(1025 125C) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
10.2% Very poor
Lighting 13
Reflection 12
Parallax 15.4
11% 13.5 fps
MRender 6.1
Gravity 9.73
Splatting 16.3
9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 10.2%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB
513GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 42 29 27 49 45 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
29.8% Poor
Read 66
Write 24.5
Mixed 11
SusWrite 38.1
25% 34.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 29.8%
Great: 79%
Sony Hard Drive 1TB
359GB free, PID 0b7e
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.8 4.3 4.6 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
2.04% Terrible
Read 5.3
Write 5.5
Mixed 4.5
SusWrite 4.4
7% 4.93 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
7% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 2.04%
Great: 50%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB
1 of 1 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
36.5% Below average
MC Read 13.8
MC Write 11.9
MC Mixed 11.8
36% 12.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 11.1
SC Mixed 12.5
35% 12.3 GB/s
Latency 122
33% 122 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 36.5%
Great: 43%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Nitro AN515-42 Builds (Compare 859 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Nitro AN515-42

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