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Acer Aspire E5-521G

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 17%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 17%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics2.27% 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.
Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire E5-521G  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Larne
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140527
Uptime1 Days
Run DateApr 05 '19 at 19:39
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 61%

 PC Performing below expectations (26th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-6410 APU R5 Graphics
Socket FT3b, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
17% Very poor
Memory 18.7
1-Core 28.4
2-Core 58.9
19% 35.3 Pts
4-Core 85.9
8-Core 104
12% 94.9 Pts
64-Core 127
8% 127 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 17%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5
Acer(1025 0865) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver:
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
2.27% Terrible
Lighting 2.63
Reflection 5.19
Parallax 3.69
2% 3.84 fps
MRender 3.1
Gravity 2.23
Splatting 3.65
2% 2.99 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 2.27%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$38
907GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 47 64 65 75 69 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
41.3% Average
Read 81.2
Write 48.3
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 62.6
41% 56.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 41.3%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
17.3% Very poor
MC Read 8.1
MC Write 4.7
MC Mixed 6.5
18% 6.43 GB/s
SC Read 3.7
SC Write 3.4
SC Mixed 5.1
12% 4.07 GB/s
Latency 330
12% 330 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 17.3%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire E5-521G Builds (Compare 44 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire E5-521G

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 23% - Poor Total price: $25
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