Acer Aspire A517-51

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	212% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 88% 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.

System	Acer Aspire A517-51 (all builds)
Motherboard	KBL Dragonite_KL
Memory	15.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '22 at 00:20
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 562 61% 484 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Acer(1025 121E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 6 Parallax 7.3 5% 6.6 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 8.7 6% 7.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 7,232 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 784 995 989 671 742 782 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 632 Write 583 Mixed 586 SusWrite 827 148% 657 MB/s	4K Read 71.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 91.1 296% 98.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,098 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 948 717% 967 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 389%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 919GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 117 120 118 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 154 Write 106 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 117 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 194% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3B1 Samsung M471A2K43DB1-CWE 20GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 14.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 3%

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System: Acer Aspire A517-51

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	58x
Core i3-7020UIntelBench 40%, 28,454 samples	42x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 36%, 47,111 samples	18x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	72x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	44x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	18x

SSD
HFS256G39TND-N210A 256GBBench 70%, 39,780 samples	10x
RBUSNS8180S3128GI1 128GBKingstonBench 61%, 1,245 samples	6x
SD9SN8W256G1014 256GBSandiskBench 69%, 2,343 samples	6x

RAM
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBHynixBench 32%, 32,443 samples	25x
4ATF51264HZ-2G3B1 1x4GBMicronBench 33%, 13,712 samples	15x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH Kingston ACR24D4S7S8MB-4 8GBHynixBench 61%, 905 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16