Acer Aspire E5-521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 11%
Tree trunk
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 24.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.63% 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire E5-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Larne
Memory0.2 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140527
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMay 19 '18 at 16:19
Run Duration253 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 (20th percentile)
24.2% Poor
Memory 41.8
1-Core 21.7
2-Core 42
24% 35.2 Pts
4-Core 38.2
8-Core 54.2
6% 46.2 Pts
64-Core 74.8
5% 74.8 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 24.2%
Great: 33%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
Acer(1025 0865) 512MB
Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.0
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
1.63% Terrible
Lighting 1.67
Reflection 3.58
Parallax 2.38
1% 2.54 fps
MRender 2.9
Gravity 1.57
Splatting 3.22
2% 2.56 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.63%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22
306GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
50.6% Above average
Read 79.8
Write 96.5
Mixed 96.8
69% 91 MB/s
4K Read 0.37
4K Write 0.92
4K Mixed 0.08
41% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR16D3LFS1KBG/2G 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
9.82% Terrible
MC Read 5.8
MC Write 3.7
MC Mixed 1.1
10% 3.53 GB/s
SC Read 0.4
SC Write 1.1
SC Mixed 0.5
2% 0.67 GB/s
Latency 194
21% 194 ns
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.82%
Great: 30%

 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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