Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.3% 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	108% 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	12GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Acer Aspire GX-281 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire GX-281
Memory	4.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180112
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '23 at 05:22
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 198 69% 124 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 717 66% 554 Pts	64-Core 999 62% 999 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(174B E580) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 31.0.14001.45012 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.3% Poor	Lighting 29.4 Reflection 53.9 Parallax 26.7 24% 36.7 fps	MRender 41.4 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 31.1 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 436 444 441 457 447 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 415 Mixed 365 SusWrite 445 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 41.4 143% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 296 241% 341 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 136%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 256GB free Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 153 154 157 146 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 154 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 107%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 256GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 49 60 61 65 63 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 68%
Disk Name 512GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 452GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 53.6 Write 33.2 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 36.3 51% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 9.8 724% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 12 DQ Write 17.3 DQ Mixed 10.4 987% 13.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AM2P24HC4U1-B9QS AM2P24HC8T1-BUSS 12GB 513 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.9 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	59	60	27"	1280 720	AUS27A5 ASUS VZ27V

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Workstation 42%

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System: Acer Aspire GX-281

CPU
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	141x
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	70x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	40x
GTX 1050Nvidia $84Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	27x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $269

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16