Acer Aspire E5-521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 37.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
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.
Memory4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemAcer Aspire E5-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Larne
Memory1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20150106
Uptime20.5 Days
Run DateAug 18 '18 at 21:33
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-6410 APU R5 Graphics
Socket FT3b, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
37.7% Below average
Memory 56.2
1-Core 30.5
2-Core 46.9
31% 44.5 Pts
4-Core 112
8-Core 118
15% 115 Pts
64-Core 118
7% 118 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 37.7%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5
Acer(1025 0865) 768MB
Ram: 768MB, Driver: 17.7.1
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
537GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 47 37 34 62 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
36.9% Below average
Read 82.7
Write 79
Mixed 38.7
SusWrite 45.7
45% 61.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 36.9%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GB
1 of 2 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
18.3% Very poor
MC Read 7.6
MC Write 4.6
MC Mixed 6.2
18% 6.13 GB/s
SC Read 4.8
SC Write 4.2
SC Mixed 5.4
14% 4.8 GB/s
Latency 139
29% 139 ns
Poor: 12%
This bench: 18.3%
Great: 32%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 33%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire E5-521

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 32% - Below average Total price: $38
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