Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAcer Aspire GX-281  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire GX-281
Memory7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170601
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateAug 01 '20 at 19:29
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Memory 70
1-Core 110
2-Core 219
73% 133 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 783
69% 588 Pts
64-Core 1,087
67% 1,087 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (41st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
129% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 174
Parallax 186
142% 178 fps
MRender 205
Gravity 160
Splatting 112
125% 159 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 129%
Great: 139%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
722GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 66 64 94 90 95 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
64.2% Good
Read 146
Write 81.5
Mixed 99.5
SusWrite 76.8
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 64.2%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata AM2P24HC4U1-B9QS AM2P24HC8T1-BUSS 12GB
2400, 2400 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
64.7% Good
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 22.6
MC Mixed 20.8
65% 22.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 22.1
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire GX-281 Builds (Compare 225 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

System: Acer Aspire GX-281

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $269
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