Acer Aspire 5740

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5740 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5740
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20091126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	370 Seconds
Run User	FJI-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 430 14,318 User benchmarks, average bench 39% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 62.1 1-Core 62.2 2-Core 113 48% 79.1 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 157 22% 160 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 033E) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2858 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.94% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1.35 Parallax 0.97 1% 1.1 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.87 1% 1.4 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.94% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 128 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 11 11 89493 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5531 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5508 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1204124 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 15% Great: 41%
Multiple Card Reader 16GB 2,333 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 12GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	4.03% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 4.37 Mixed 6.36 10% 9.44 MB/s	4K Read 2.17 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.09 11% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.03% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471B5273DH0-CH9 80AD HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 8GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	24% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.1 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 51%

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Desktop 38%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Acer Aspire 5740

CPU
Core i3 M 330IntelBench 38%, 14,119 samples	60x
Core i5 M 430IntelBench 39%, 14,318 samples	46x
Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples	3x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	57x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	41x
Radeon HD 6500MAMDBench 3%, 12,937 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
S3 500G 500GBSandiskBench 92%, 12,292 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	3x

RAM
HMT125S6BFR8C-G7 2x2GBHynixBench 24%, 1,873 samples	12x
EBJ21UE8BDS0-AE-F 2x2GBUnknownBench 23%, 1,093 samples	12x
M471B5673EH1-CF8 2x2GBSamsungBench 25%, 2,358 samples	11x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16