On GeekBench 5 it notched up single-core scores of 1,051 and hit 3,193 for multi-threaded tasks - significantly more than Google's Pixelbook Go, which managed a multi-tasking score of only 1,373. With the i5 under its hood, the 715 offers a lot more oomph. Acer's Chromebook 13 had Intel's dual-core i3-8130U processor, which struggled to match most smartphones for performance, and many Chromebooks feature even less impressive Celeron or Pentium chips. This is nothing special, given most new laptops are running 10th-gen chips, but it's quite good for a Chromebook. Inside the 715 is an 8th-gen Intel Core i5-8350U quad-core processor.

Acer Chromebook 715 review: Specs and performance This can be annoying if you're a heavy user of the number pad as it's quite far away from the trackpad. Our only gripe is that it's slightly to the left of the device and can be a little awkward to operate without looking away from the screen, depending on your preferred hand. There's a fairly spacious trackpad made of Corning Gorilla Glass which is nice and responsive. This is something we noted on Acer's Chromebook 13, where the typing experience was also very good.

It also helps that the keys in question are superb and travel very well. This is a Chromebook with a dedicated numerical keypad, which is good for those that want to hammer in data without searching around the top row.

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