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Acer Aspire E5-521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 22%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.76% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAcer Aspire E5-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Larne
Memory4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150715
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 29 '20 at 16:33
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD E2-6110 APU R2 Graphics
Socket FT3b, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
25.1% Poor
Memory 34.9
1-Core 22.9
2-Core 46
22% 34.6 Pts
4-Core 89.8
8-Core 88.8
12% 89.3 Pts
64-Core 90.3
6% 90.3 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 25.1%
Great: 33%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
Acer(1025 0865) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 20.8.3
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
1.76% Terrible
Lighting 1.93
Reflection 3.81
Parallax 1.88
2% 2.54 fps
MRender 2.95
Gravity 1.5
Splatting 3.13
2% 2.53 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.76%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$39
796GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 84 83 84 81 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
47.4% Average
Read 82.3
Write 88.2
Mixed 46.6
SusWrite 82.5
55% 74.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 62%
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 (8th percentile)
16.8% Very poor
MC Read 6.9
MC Write 3.9
MC Mixed 6.6
17% 5.8 GB/s
SC Read 5
SC Write 3.9
SC Mixed 6
14% 4.97 GB/s
Latency 227
18% 227 ns
Poor: 16%
This bench: 16.8%
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 92 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: 34% - Below average Total price: $35
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