Acer Aspire ES1-521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 23%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.91% 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.
Memory6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 88% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
Run History
SystemAcer Aspire ES1-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer BELLEMERE_BE
Memory1.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150702
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateOct 14 '17 at 17:00
Run Duration102 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 34%
CPU Throttled 88%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A6-6310 APU R4 Graphics
Socket FT3b, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
26.3% Poor
Memory 39.1
1-Core 12.7
2-Core 45.8
21% 32.5 Pts
4-Core 80.8
8-Core 75.3
11% 78.1 Pts
64-Core 77.1
5% 77.1 Pts
Poor: 20%
This bench: 26.3%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R4
Acer(1025 104B) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
1.91% Terrible
Lighting 2.07
Reflection 4.85
Parallax 3.12
2% 3.35 fps
MRender 2.86
Gravity 2.17
Splatting 3.39
2% 2.81 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.91%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
829GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 102
Write 102
Mixed 97.3
76% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.71
4K Mixed 0.21
76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR16D3LFS1KBG/2G Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 6GB
1600, 1600 MHz
2048, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
16.1% Very poor
MC Read 6.4
MC Write 4.2
MC Mixed 6.2
16% 5.6 GB/s
SC Read 4.2
SC Write 3.5
SC Mixed 5.4
12% 4.37 GB/s
Latency 207
19% 207 ns
Poor: 15%
This bench: 16.1%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire ES1-521 Builds (Compare 76 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire ES1-521

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28
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