Acer Aspire V5-121

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 12%
Tree trunk
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.75% 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire V5-121  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer ZA10_BZ
Memory1.1 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120705
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 10 '16 at 10:55
Run Duration257 Seconds
Run User KAZ-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD C-70 APU (2012 M.Za)
Socket FT1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
27.5% Poor
Memory 50.3
1-Core 16.5
2-Core 29.9
24% 32.2 Pts
4-Core 30
8-Core 30
4% 30 Pts
64-Core 30.3
2% 30.3 Pts
Poor: 11%
This bench: 27.5%
Great: 36%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7290
Acer(1025 0740) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2001.0
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
0.75% Terrible
Lighting 0.83
Reflection 1.27
Parallax 1.03
1% 1.04 fps
MRender 1.14
Gravity 0.63
Splatting 1.35
1% 1.04 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.75%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16
114GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0002BSM1 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
26% Poor
Read 40.3
Write 50.4
Mixed 44.7
34% 45.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.25
4K Write 0.63
4K Mixed 0.25
50% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 26%
Great: 43%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power16G 16GB
14GB free, PID 4100
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
5.72% Terrible
Read 22
Write 6.05
Mixed 10.2
14% 12.8 MB/s
4K Read 5.02
4K Write 0.009
4K Mixed 0.006
19% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.72%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Elpida EBJ20UF8BDU0-GN-F 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
11.6% Very poor
MC Read 3.9
MC Write 3.1
MC Mixed 4.2
11% 3.73 GB/s
SC Read 2.6
SC Write 2.4
SC Mixed 3.2
8% 2.73 GB/s
Latency 160
25% 160 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 11.6%
Great: 31%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire V5-121 Builds (Compare 7 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire V5-121

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