Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.7% 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	97.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire GX-281 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire GX-281
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180112
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 07:05
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 748 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 1,144 71% 1,144 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E354) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.7% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 55.9 Parallax 33.1 36% 44.3 fps	MRender 54.6 Gravity 26.8 Splatting 40.4 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 363 107 72 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 564 Write 550 Mixed 493 SusWrite 204 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 44.8 150% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 323 255% 347 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 157%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 392GB free Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 172 164 180 179 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 31.4 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 174 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,551 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 360GB free Firmware: 050B SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 10 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 22.7 Write 24.2 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 11 15% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.6 187% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 102%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3TB free Firmware: 0406 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 10 12 12 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 22 Write 22.9 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 11.1 15% 19.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.6 223% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 88%
Multi Flash Reader 8GB 2,367 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	6.94% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 11.5 Mixed 13.9 SusWrite 11.8 18% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 45% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.94% Great: 12%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 109GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 9.9 10 12 12 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 37.6 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 10.9 32% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 27.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 83%

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Workstation 42%

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System: Acer Aspire GX-281

CPU
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	139x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	38x
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	27x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	92x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $178	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