Acer Aspire TC-217

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics2.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire TC-217  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire TC-217
Memory4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151105
Uptime4.8 Days
Run DateAug 24 '18 at 02:36
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 53%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A6-7310 APU (2015 M.Ca)
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.05 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
27.2% Poor
Memory 34
1-Core 24.9
2-Core 56.7
23% 38.5 Pts
4-Core 121
8-Core 106
16% 113 Pts
64-Core 113
7% 113 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 27.2%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 310
Sapphire(174B D335) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
2.3% Terrible
Lighting 3.03
Reflection 3
Parallax 2.62
2% 2.89 fps
MRender 2.38
Gravity 2.1
Splatting 2.61
2% 2.36 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 2.3%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
861GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 149 153 153 149 150 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Read 165
Write 130
Mixed 62.7
SusWrite 149
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR16D3LU1KNG/8G 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
18.9% Very poor
MC Read 8.4
MC Write 4.8
MC Mixed 7.2
19% 6.8 GB/s
SC Read 4.3
SC Write 4.1
SC Mixed 5.8
14% 4.73 GB/s
Latency 232
17% 232 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 18.9%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire TC-217 Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 33%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire TC-217

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