Acer Aspire A717-71G

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire A717-71G (all builds)
Motherboard	KBL Charizard_KLS
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '21 at 20:48
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 201 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 525 54% 435 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Acer(1025 1196) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 71 Parallax 7.5 5% 28.4 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 0.3 4% 4.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8180S3128GI 128GB 1,733 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK60B9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 54 54 51 55 57 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.1% Below average	Read 231 Write 82.3 Mixed 103 SusWrite 53.4 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 9.9 49% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 58.8 DQ Mixed 67.5 68% 116 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 78%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 174GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 108 68 66 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 82.4 Write 114 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 86.5 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.9 233% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AO1P21FC8T1-BSKS Samsung M471A5143EB0-CPB 12GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.5% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 10.1 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 66%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 7%

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System: Acer Aspire A717-71G

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	202x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	194x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	215x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	80x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	53x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	67x
RBUSNS8180DS3128GH 128GBKingstonBench 58%, 4,820 samples	33x
HFS256G39TND-N210A 256GBBench 70%, 39,780 samples	30x

RAM
AO1P21FC8T1-BSKS 1x8GBAdataBench 34%, 7,945 samples	42x
ACR26D4S9S8MH-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 4,593 samples	26x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	26x

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Value: 26% - Poor

Total price: $49

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