Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	22.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Acer Aspire GX-281 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire GX-281
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 13:40
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1400-$87 71,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 64.5 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 190 65% 117 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 431 45% 359 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Zotac(19DA 2543) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.1% Good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 80.9 Parallax 78 71% 82 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 71.5 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Adata SU635 960GB-$65 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 454GB free (System drive) Firmware: N181017a SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 51 53 36 43 56 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 356 Write 332 Mixed 211 SusWrite 46.1 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 5.4 19% 6.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 542GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 136 138 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 157 Write 154 Mixed 105 SusWrite 138 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x8GB 16,397 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.3% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 50%

Yacht

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

System: Acer Aspire GX-281

CPU
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	139x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	37x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	69x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	39x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	26x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	91x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 21,551 samples	26x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 1x8GBMicronBench 40%, 7,235 samples	12x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	9x

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Total price: $269

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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