Acer Aspire E5-521

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 36%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
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 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 38.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics1.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 E5-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Larne
Memory4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140527
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 01 '20 at 19:40
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A6-6310 APU R4 Graphics
Socket FT3b, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
38.1% Below average
Memory 58.6
1-Core 32.8
2-Core 57.4
34% 49.6 Pts
4-Core 105
8-Core 103
14% 104 Pts
64-Core 104
6% 104 Pts
Poor: 20%
This bench: 38.1%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R4
Acer(1025 0865) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.20
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
1.6% Terrible
Lighting 1.67
Reflection 3.85
Parallax 1.84
1% 2.45 fps
MRender 2.95
Gravity 1.7
Splatting 2.87
2% 2.51 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.6%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38
390GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S3800104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 272 331 337 338 336 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
65.4% Good
Read 394
Write 320
Mixed 331
SusWrite 318
77% 340 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 40.4
4K Mixed 21.3
69% 25.1 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 118
109% 168 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 102%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/4G Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
19.8% Very poor
MC Read 8.3
MC Write 4.2
MC Mixed 6.7
18% 6.4 GB/s
SC Read 6
SC Write 5.5
SC Mixed 7.9
18% 6.47 GB/s
Latency 132
30% 132 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 19.8%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire E5-521 Builds (Compare 90 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

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