Acer Aspire GX-281

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire GX-281 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire GX-281
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180112
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '21 at 16:44
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1400-$87 71,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 183 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 400 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(174B 2438) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (65 fps cap detected)	52% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 65 Parallax 59.3 52% 62.8 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 60 52% 63.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 213 232 55 55 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 544 Mixed 498 SusWrite 173 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 40.4 140% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 451 DQ Mixed 327 258% 352 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 157%
Seagate Backup+ RD 1TB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 699GB free Firmware: A905 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 27.8 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 19.2 20% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 1,230 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 141GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 17 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 36.4 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 18 41% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB 21,551 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 13 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 45%

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

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System: Acer Aspire GX-281

CPU
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	139x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	37x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	69x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	39x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	26x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	91x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $279	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 $184	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