Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics119% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire GX-281  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire GX-281
Memory8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170718
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateDec 06 '20 at 03:12
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 13%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
73.4% Very good
Memory 73.5
1-Core 97.8
2-Core 196
69% 122 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 688
65% 541 Pts
64-Core 1,069
66% 1,069 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
119% Outstanding
Lighting 157
Reflection 153
Parallax 148
128% 153 fps
MRender 188
Gravity 134
Splatting 116
116% 146 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 119%
Great: 123%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
397GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA8K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 87 37 93 55 81 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
57% Above average
Read 124
Write 130
Mixed 47.6
SusWrite 74.8
69% 94.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 57%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata AM2P24HC4R1-BUPS Kingston ACR26D4U9S8MH-8 12GB
2400, 2400 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
65.3% Good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 20.7
66% 23.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 24.4
SC Mixed 21.1
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 93.4
43% 93.4 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire GX-281 Builds (Compare 223 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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