Acer Aspire XC-217

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 31%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics1.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemAcer Aspire XC-217  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire XC-217
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170324
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 26 '19 at 11:26
Run Duration165 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-6410 APU R5 Graphics
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
35.6% Below average
Memory 54.2
1-Core 34.9
2-Core 67.4
34% 52.2 Pts
4-Core 98.8
8-Core 111
14% 105 Pts
64-Core 114
7% 114 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 35.6%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5
Acer(1025 0800) 256MB
Ram: 256MB, Driver: 19.12.2
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
1.77% Terrible
Lighting 1.8
Reflection 2.5
Parallax 3.34
2% 2.55 fps
MRender 2.67
Gravity 2.53
Splatting 3.26
2% 2.82 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.77%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 448 664 416 305 293 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56
710GB free
Firmware: 3202
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 26 27 30 31 30 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
18.6% Very poor
Read 35.7
Write 33.2
Mixed 23.8
SusWrite 28.7
22% 30.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 18.6%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR16D3LU1KFG/8G ACR16D3LU1KNG/8G 16GB
1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
18.2% Very poor
MC Read 7.1
MC Write 4.8
MC Mixed 6.2
17% 6.03 GB/s
SC Read 5
SC Write 5
SC Mixed 6.1
15% 5.37 GB/s
Latency 146
27% 146 ns
Poor: 18%
This bench: 18.2%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire XC-217 Builds (Compare 4 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire XC-217

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $66
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