Acer Aspire ES1-521

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics1.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive46.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire ES1-521  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer BELLEMERE_BE
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160418
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateApr 17 '20 at 05:47
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th 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 2.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
35.9% Below average
Memory 52.6
1-Core 34.7
2-Core 67.9
33% 51.7 Pts
4-Core 112
8-Core 116
15% 114 Pts
64-Core 116
7% 116 Pts
Poor: 20%
This bench: 35.9%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R4
Acer(1025 104B) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.5
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
1.86% Terrible
Lighting 2.13
Reflection 4.42
Parallax 3.06
2% 3.21 fps
MRender 2.57
Gravity 2.07
Splatting 2.91
2% 2.52 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.86%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1C2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 15 14 16 6 6.1 MB/s
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
46.5% Average
Read 216
Write 177
Mixed 237
SusWrite 23.2
36% 163 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 45.1
4K Mixed 26.9
93% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 171
DQ Mixed 59.2
75% 133 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 46.5%
Great: 102%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR16D3LS1KNG/8G 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
16.6% Very poor
MC Read 6.9
MC Write 3.8
MC Mixed 5.6
16% 5.43 GB/s
SC Read 4.8
SC Write 4.4
SC Mixed 5.6
14% 4.93 GB/s
Latency 151
26% 151 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 16.6%
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: 22% - Poor Total price: $28
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