Acer Aspire E5-521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 19%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 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 21.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.31% 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.
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 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.
Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire E5-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Larne
Memory3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20150715
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateSep 17 '18 at 09:47
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 67%

 PC Performing way below expectations (6th 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 1.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
21.8% Poor
Memory 34.2
1-Core 15.6
2-Core 34.9
19% 28.2 Pts
4-Core 56.2
8-Core 56
8% 56.1 Pts
64-Core 91.1
6% 91.1 Pts
Poor: 20%
This bench: 21.8%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R4
Acer(1025 0865) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.302.1101.1004
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
1.31% Terrible
Lighting 1.37
Reflection 3.12
Parallax 1.75
1% 2.08 fps
MRender 2.33
Gravity 1.23
Splatting 2.52
2% 2.03 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.31%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB
395GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2AR20002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 14 28 24 23 25 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
25.3% Poor
Read 62.7
Write 73.8
Mixed 42.3
SusWrite 25.4
38% 51 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 25.3%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR16D3LS1KFG/8G 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
12.9% Very poor
MC Read 5
MC Write 2.8
MC Mixed 5
12% 4.27 GB/s
SC Read 4.9
SC Write 3.2
SC Mixed 4.7
12% 4.27 GB/s
Latency 231
17% 231 ns
Poor: 16%
This bench: 12.9%
Great: 33%

 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

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