Acer Aspire E5-521

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 30% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
Processor	With 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 32.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire E5-521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Larne
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '19 at 12:22
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD E2-6110 APU R2 Graphics 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Socket FT3b, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Memory 50 1-Core 23 2-Core 41.7 27% 38.2 Pts	4-Core 91.4 8-Core 91.1 12% 91.2 Pts	64-Core 91.4 6% 91.4 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R2 Graphics 1,710 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Acer(1025 0865) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.302.1101.1004 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	0.77% Terrible	Lighting 0.17 Reflection 4 Parallax 2.28 0% 2.15 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.87 2% 2.38 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.77% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 132 66 66 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 418 Write 278 Mixed 297 SusWrite 117 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 19.3 74% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 147 120% 171 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273BH1-CH9 2x4GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.6% Very poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 4.1 MC Mixed 6.2 17% 5.87 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 6.8 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 161 25% 161 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 33%

Sail boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire E5-521

CPU
A6-6310 APU R4 GraphicsAMDBench 33%, 10,893 samples	32x
E2-6110 APU R2 GraphicsAMDBench 29%, 1,030 samples	21x
A8-6410 APU R5 GraphicsAMDBench 32%, 19,683 samples	20x

GPU
Radeon R4AMDBench 2%, 19,746 samples	32x
Radeon R2 GraphicsAMDBench 2%, 1,710 samples	21x
Radeon R5AMDBench 2%, 40,685 samples	20x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	17x
ACR16D3LS1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 27%, 7,765 samples	9x
ACR16D3LFS1KBG/2G Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 6GBKingstonBench 31%, 698 samples	8x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16