Acer Aspire 5742G

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5742G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory	3.8 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 22:31
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 370-$167 23,407 User benchmarks, average bench 39% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 62.8 1-Core 55.6 2-Core 93.2 44% 70.5 Pts	4-Core 133 8-Core 134 18% 133 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 420M 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Acer(1025 0487) 1GB CLim: 500 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	2.52% Terrible	Lighting 3.07 Reflection 3.58 Parallax 2.62 2% 3.09 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 3.13 Splatting 2.17 2% 3.28 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.52% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4295098368 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 49 85902557225 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8389 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8389 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2300 (F9) Unknown 100 100 253 (FC) Unknown 100 100 1	41.1% Average	Read 249 Write 138 Mixed 141 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 13 58% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 40.8 52% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 117%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 182GB free Firmware: S8FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1423 (A2) Unknown 100 100 17 (AA) Unknown 100 100 79 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9371811 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1784 (DA) Unknown 100 100 8 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6206 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4553	45.3% Average	Read 261 Write 245 Mixed 252 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 7.72 50% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 23.6 46% 92 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG Elpida EBJ41UF8BCS0-DJ-F 6GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1067, 1067 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 9.7 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.7 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 42%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 39%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Acer Aspire 5742G

CPU
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	120x
Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples	119x
Core i5 M 480IntelBench 41%, 16,023 samples	94x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	211x
GeForce GT 420MNvidiaBench 2%, 1,922 samples	147x
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	126x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	12x

RAM
ACR256X64D3S1333C9 2x2GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,134 samples	47x
M471B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 5,297 samples	38x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 8,570 samples	30x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $195

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