Acer Nitro AN515-42

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 21%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 18.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics6.91% 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.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Nitro AN515-42  (all builds)
MotherboardRR Freed_RRS
Memory3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181030
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 15 '19 at 19:33
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (23rd 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 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
18.7% Very poor
Memory 18.2
1-Core 32.8
2-Core 60.1
20% 37 Pts
4-Core 102
8-Core 228
19% 165 Pts
64-Core 157
10% 157 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 18.7%
Great: 62%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)
Acer(1025 125C) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
6.91% Terrible
Lighting 8.73
Reflection 8.69
Parallax 9.25
7% 8.89 fps
MRender 3.95
Gravity 7.3
Splatting 11.1
6% 7.45 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 6.91%
Great: 11%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB
581GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 92 86 89 93 96 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
65.3% Good
Read 136
Write 90
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 90.5
71% 96.7 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.3
153% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB
1 of 1 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
26.1% Poor
MC Read 12.2
MC Write 6.2
MC Mixed 11.6
29% 10 GB/s
SC Read 3.1
SC Write 8
SC Mixed 5.7
16% 5.6 GB/s
Latency 334
12% 334 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 26.1%
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 857 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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