Acer Aspire A515-54G

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	203% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

CPU throttled at 88% 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.

System	Acer Aspire A515-54G (all builds)
Motherboard	WHL Doc_WC
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '19 at 10:19
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8265U 87,841 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 638 69% 549 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce MX250 8,806 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Acer(1025 1345) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 18.4 17% 18.3 fps	MRender 16.5 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 20.8 16% 19.2 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GB 18,999 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 441GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20110000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 766 764 747 749 747 745 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,168 Write 1,260 Mixed 1,137 SusWrite 753 243% 1,080 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 65 221% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 804 DQ Mixed 943 704% 942 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR26D4S9S1KA-4 Hynix HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 8GB 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.9% Above average	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 72%

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

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Acer Aspire A515-54G

CPU
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples	652x
Core i7-10510UIntelBench 56%, 51,080 samples	310x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	221x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples	710x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples	310x
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	228x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 168%, 18,999 samples	212x
RBUSNS8154P3512GJ1 512GBKingstonBench 126%, 5,630 samples	156x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	148x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	260x
AM1P26KC4U1-BACS 8GBUnknownBench 64%, 622 samples	160x
ACR26D4S9S1KA-4 Hynix HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 8GBKingstonBench 63%, 4,994 samples	143x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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