Acer Nitro AN515-42

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 80% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Acer Nitro AN515-42 (all builds)
Motherboard	RR Freed_RRS
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 13:40
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%
CPU Throttled	80%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 61,910 User benchmarks, average bench 49% FP5, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	40.9% Average	Memory 49.3 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 98.4 38% 65 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 268 28% 222 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU) 85,536 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Acer(1025 125C) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	4.49% Terrible	Lighting 5.47 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 7.06 4% 6.1 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 5.43 Splatting 6.87 5% 5.37 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 4.49% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 306 328 360 362 356 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 418 Write 358 Mixed 364 SusWrite 336 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 27.9 83% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 141 109% 148 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 123%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 122 121 121 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 122 72% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB 144,145 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 11 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 163 24% 163 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 43%

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

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System: Acer Nitro AN515-42

CPU
Ryzen 5 2500UAMDBench 49%, 61,910 samples	795x
Ryzen 7 2700UAMDBench 52%, 8,291 samples	63x

GPU
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 85,536 samples	653x
Radeon RX 560XAMDBench 21%, 4,290 samples	139x
Radeon RX Vega 10 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 4,933 samples	53x

SSD
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	91x
SD9SN8W256G1014 256GBSandiskBench 69%, 2,343 samples	41x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV512TBN 512GBBench 79%, 14,424 samples	40x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	178x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 40%, 38,499 samples	75x
AO1P26KC8T1-BPXS 1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 1,234 samples	63x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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