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REVIEWS ACER ASPIRE 5 A515-54-51DJ

The Aspire 5 and its
integrated graphics core sits 3DMark Sky Diver 1.0 Overall
bunched up with similarly
(GPU score)
configured laptops, while
the Acer E 15 tops the
Acer E 15 E5-576G-5762
chart thanks to its discrete (Core i5-8250U) 10,430
graphics card.
Asus ZenBook 13 UX331UA
(Core i5-8250U) 4,764
for a given system to Lenovo IdeaPad 730S-13IWL 4,646
(Core i5-8265U)
render a 3D image in real
Acer Aspire 5 A515-54-51DJ 4,586
time. It’s another multi- (Core i5-8265U)
Lenovo ThinkPad L480
core torture test, and (Core i5-8250U) 4,274
again, we should look for Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga
(Core i5-8265U) 4,197
laptops with the most
Acer E 15 E5-576-392H 4,014
processor cores to be (Core i3-8130U)
topping the chart. Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-58HD 3,891
(Core i5-8250U)
Reflecting the results of Acer Aspire 5 A515-54-30BQ
(Core i3-8145U) 3,451
the HandBrake test, the
LONGER BARS INDICATE BET TER PERFORMANCE
Core i5-powered Acer
Aspire 5 again brings up the

Battery life
rear of the Core i5 pack in
the multithread Cinebench
(Minutes)
test, although it’s by no
Asus ZenBook 13 UX331UA 650
means a blowout. Indeed, (Core i5-8250U)
Acer E 15 E5-576G-5762
while we (again) saw the (Core i5-8250U) 637
Aspire 5 dialing down its Lenovo IdeaPad 730S-13IWL
(Core i5-8265U) 627
CPU via thermal throttling
Acer Aspire 5 A515-54-30BQ
during the test, its 493 (Core i3-8145U) 585
all-threads Cinebench score Acer Aspire 5 A515-54-51DJ 542
(Core i5-8265U)
is still relatively respectable. Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-58HD
(Core i5-8250U) 519
Also interesting are the
Acer E 15 E5-576-392H
(Core i3-8130U) 496
With a little more than Lenovo ThinkPad L480 493
(Core i5-8250U)
nine hours of battery life
Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga
in our testing, the Aspire 5 454
(Core i5-8265U)
is perfect for day-tripped
LONGER BARS INDICATE BET TER PERFORMANCE
without a power adapter.

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