Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAcer Aspire GX-281  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire GX-281
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170419
Uptime5.7 Days
Run DateDec 18 '18 at 19:44
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
75.9% Very good
Memory 73.9
1-Core 108
2-Core 213
73% 131 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 796
72% 607 Pts
64-Core 1,160
72% 1,160 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6591) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 156
Reflection 182
Parallax 188
128% 175 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 173
Splatting 119
111% 137 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66
3GB free
Firmware: M3CR020
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 507
Write 464
Mixed 428
104% 466 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 82.6
4K Mixed 51.7
162% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 35.8
DQ Write 84.9
DQ Mixed 47.6
40% 56.1 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
680GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA8K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 80 75 80 84 88 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
24.8% Poor
Read 8.5
Write 26
Mixed 13.2
SusWrite 77.4
23% 31.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.4
99% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 24.8%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4D30BESB.16FD 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.5% Average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 12.6
MC Mixed 12.4
38% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 15
SC Mixed 13.6
41% 14.4 GB/s
Latency 92.7
43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 40.5%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire GX-281 Builds (Compare 223 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

System: Acer Aspire GX-281

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $269
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