Acer Aspire E5-523

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive44.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
SystemAcer Aspire E5-523  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Wasp_SR
Memory4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160523
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateNov 21 '17 at 18:55
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A9-9410 APU (2016 M.SR)
Socket FP4, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
39% Below average
Memory 61.8
1-Core 66.6
2-Core 74.6
44% 67.7 Pts
4-Core 101
8-Core 77.7
12% 89.3 Pts
64-Core 97.4
6% 97.4 Pts
Poor: 15%
This bench: 39%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Acer(1025 1099) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
3.32% Terrible
Lighting 3.97
Reflection 7.77
Parallax 5.38
3% 5.7 fps
MRender 3.76
Gravity 3.77
Splatting 4.96
4% 4.16 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.32%
Great: 4%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteon CV1-8B128 128GB
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: G871201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
44.3% Average
Read 370
Write 160
Mixed 204
54% 245 MB/s
4K Read 11.9
4K Write 48.3
4K Mixed 12.4
60% 24.2 MB/s
DQ Read 16.1
DQ Write 69.3
DQ Mixed 12.2
18% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 44.3%
Great: 87%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
290GB free
Firmware: AX003J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
55.1% Above average
Read 89.2
Write 103
Mixed 84.2
69% 92.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.14
52% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 55.1%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR21D4S15HAG/8G 1x8GB
1 of 1 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
22.7% Poor
MC Read 8.4
MC Write 7.4
MC Mixed 7.6
22% 7.8 GB/s
SC Read 3.2
SC Write 6.3
SC Mixed 7.1
16% 5.53 GB/s
Latency 123
33% 123 ns
Poor: 21%
This bench: 22.7%
Great: 42%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire E5-523 Builds (Compare 42 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire E5-523

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