Our primary overall benchmark, UL’s PCMark 10, puts a system through its paces in productivity apps ranging from web browsing to word processing and spreadsheet work. Its Full System Drive subtest measures a PC’s storage throughput. (Macs are not compatible with the PCMark tests, so the Mac mini is not included in those charts below.)
Three more tests are CPU-centric or processor-intensive: Maxon’s Cinebench 2024 uses that company’s Cinema 4D engine to render a complex scene; Primate Labs’ Geekbench 6.3 Pro simulates popular apps ranging from PDF rendering and speech recognition to machine learning; and we see how long it takes the video transcoder HandBrake 1.8 to convert a 12-minute clip from 4K to 1080p resolution.
Finally, workstation maker Puget Systems’ PugetBench for Creators rates a PC’s image-editing prowess with a variety of automated operations in the seminal photo editor Adobe Photoshop 25.
Acer’s Veriton placed last in three of five tests, though at least it scored well above the 4,000-point baseline we expect from PCMark 10. While we didn’t expect killer performance from this configuration, you shouldn’t pay this much for your hardware to get shown up, even at its sale price. Interestingly, the Veriton edged out the MSI Cubi’s slightly stronger Core Ultra 7 258V CPU, particularly in Geekbench.
While it didn’t prove much of a contender in testing, in real-world scenarios, the Acer Veriton operated fine. I bombarded it with my usual over-the-top browser-tab collection while chatting with friends and blasting music without issue. You likely won’t get too far with intensive creative work on this thing, based on these results, but the Veriton will handle basic desk-job work easily. Just note that you’ll see better throughput from some of these cheaper or similarly priced systems.
