Acer Aspire ES1-521

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 20%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 22.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.67% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 55% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
SystemAcer Aspire ES1-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer BELLEMERE_BE
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150811
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateSep 09 '18 at 15:03
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 63%
CPU Throttled 55%

 PC Performing way below expectations (20th 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 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
22.4% Poor
Memory 36.1
1-Core 15.3
2-Core 30.4
19% 27.3 Pts
4-Core 50.5
8-Core 58.5
7% 54.5 Pts
64-Core 52.2
3% 52.2 Pts
Poor: 20%
This bench: 22.4%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R4
Acer(1025 104B) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.0
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
1.67% Terrible
Lighting 1.67
Reflection 3.92
Parallax 2.31
1% 2.63 fps
MRender 2.95
Gravity 1.97
Splatting 3.26
2% 2.73 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.67%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
868GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX003J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 65 60 66 66 70 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
26.4% Poor
Read 27.3
Write 60.3
Mixed 17.6
SusWrite 64.6
31% 42.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
56% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 26.4%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR16D3LS1KNG/8G 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
16.5% Very poor
MC Read 6.7
MC Write 4.1
MC Mixed 6.6
17% 5.8 GB/s
SC Read 3.9
SC Write 3.6
SC Mixed 5.3
12% 4.27 GB/s
Latency 221
18% 221 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 16.5%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire ES1-521 Builds (Compare 76 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire ES1-521

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28
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