Acer Predator G9-791

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

System	Acer Predator G9-791 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Challenger_SLS
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 22:10
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (99^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 89 2-Core 166 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 488 50% 403 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) 213,495 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Acer(1025 105B) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4691 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Lighting 6.03 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 6.5 5% 22.5 fps	MRender 9.76 Gravity 5.87 Splatting 13.1 8% 9.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3791) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 127 Parallax 106 90% 114 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 115 Splatting 97.3 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4296 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 293 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 48 27 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9638996983
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 313GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 179934 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 214749282334 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	58.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 102 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 19.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 76%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16