Acer Aspire E1-521

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 28%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive22.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemAcer Aspire E1-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer
Memory3.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120810
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateJan 13 '18 at 21:17
Run Duration329 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 67%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD E2-1800 APU (2012 M.Za)
Socket FT1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
28.4% Poor
Memory 50.3
1-Core 20.2
2-Core 37.6
26% 36 Pts
4-Core 40.5
8-Core 38.1
5% 39.3 Pts
64-Core 33.3
2% 33.3 Pts
Poor: 12%
This bench: 28.4%
Great: 39%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7340
Acer(1025 0690) 384MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
1.09% Terrible
Lighting 1.33
Reflection 1.69
Parallax 1.66
1% 1.56 fps
MRender 1.38
Gravity 0.67
Splatting 1.78
1% 1.28 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.09%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 64GB-$71
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
22.8% Poor
Read 219
Write 61.2
Mixed 95.2
27% 125 MB/s
4K Read 7.77
4K Write 14.4
4K Mixed 6.7
28% 9.64 MB/s
DQ Read 46
DQ Write 36.3
DQ Mixed 19.2
20% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 22.8%
Great: 70%
ADATA HD650 1TB
198GB free, PID a35a
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
11.2% Very poor
Read 29.2
Write 26.8
Mixed 28.1
36% 28 MB/s
4K Read 0.37
4K Write 0.32
4K Mixed 0.18
18% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 11.2%
Great: 47%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR256X64D3S13C9G Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-CG 6GB
667, 667 MHz
2048, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
13.6% Very poor
MC Read 4.9
MC Write 3.8
MC Mixed 5.2
13% 4.63 GB/s
SC Read 2.5
SC Write 2.4
SC Mixed 3.3
8% 2.73 GB/s
Latency 160
25% 160 ns
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.6%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire E1-521 Builds (Compare 4 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 12%
Tree trunk
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire E1-521

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