Acer Predator G9-791

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77.4%, 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	228% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 99% 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

System	Acer Predator G9-791 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Challenger_SLS
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 13:54
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 540 59% 466 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Acer(1025 105B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4614 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.7% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 55.9 Parallax 49 32% 48.2 fps	MRender 49.2 Gravity 45.8 Splatting 49.2 40% 48.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1320 1418 1387 858 48 1048 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,541 Write 1,480 Mixed 1,004 SusWrite 1,013 283% 1,260 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 64.8 231% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,063 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 627 495% 706 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 262%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 119 120 119 117 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 103 Write 110 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 118 65% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 76%

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

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Workstation 10%

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System: Acer Predator G9-791

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	197x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	24x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	99x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	64x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	56x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	20x
CV1-8B256 256GBLiteonBench 77%, 8,101 samples	19x
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	19x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	85x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	19x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,393 samples	14x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $69

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16