Acer Aspire E5-521

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 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics2.33% 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.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAcer Aspire E5-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Larne
Memory3.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150106
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateAug 30 '19 at 16:51
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A4-6210 APU R3 Graphics
Socket FT3b, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
25.4% Poor
Memory 42.5
1-Core 15.2
2-Core 30.7
21% 29.5 Pts
4-Core 49.9
8-Core 54
7% 52 Pts
64-Core 59.6
4% 59.6 Pts
Poor: 19%
This bench: 25.4%
Great: 36%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Acer(1025 0865) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
2.33% Terrible
Lighting 2.93
Reflection 4.27
Parallax 2.81
2% 3.34 fps
MRender 2.9
Gravity 1.73
Splatting 3.3
2% 2.65 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 2.33%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$46
889GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 43 45 47 81 84 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
44.2% Average
Read 95.1
Write 97.4
Mixed 23.4
SusWrite 58.6
50% 68.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 44.2%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR16D3LFS1KBG/2G Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 6GB
1600, 1600 MHz
2048, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
15.3% Very poor
MC Read 6.3
MC Write 3.5
MC Mixed 5.7
15% 5.17 GB/s
SC Read 4.3
SC Write 3.7
SC Mixed 5.3
13% 4.43 GB/s
Latency 191
21% 191 ns
Poor: 15%
This bench: 15.3%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire E5-521 Builds (Compare 91 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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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