Acer Aspire E5-521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 36.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire E5-521 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Larne
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140527
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '21 at 06:43
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A4-6210 APU R3 Graphics 5,378 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Socket FT3b, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Memory 58.6 1-Core 26.4 2-Core 51 31% 45.3 Pts	4-Core 95.5 8-Core 69 12% 82.2 Pts	64-Core 100 6% 100 Pts
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R3 Graphics 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Acer(1025 0865) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	1.75% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2 Parallax 2.7 2% 2.17 fps	MRender 2.8 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 3.5 2% 2.73 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.75% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 11 11 12 13 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 41%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,405 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 171GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 27.8 Write 23.5 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 23.6 29% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 53%
SMI USB DISK 4GB 2,026 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.8 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Read 9.8 Write 6.2 Mixed 4 SusWrite 7.5 9% 6.88 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 Kingston ACR16D3LS1KFG/4G 8GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 3.9 MC Mixed 6.4 16% 5.7 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 5.9 12% 4.2 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 56%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 33%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Acer Aspire E5-521

CPU
A6-6310 APU R4 GraphicsAMDBench 33%, 10,893 samples	33x
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	33x
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 $75Bench 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	9x

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Value: 32% - Below average

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16