Acer Aspire 5742G

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
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 40%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Acer Aspire 5742G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120813
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '19 at 08:25
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 580-$250 1,467 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	40% Average	Memory 63.3 1-Core 31.5 2-Core 63.5 35% 52.8 Pts	4-Core 96.8 8-Core 114 14% 105 Pts	64-Core 106 6% 106 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Acer(1025 0488) 3.8GB Driver: nvumdshimx.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2182 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.9% Terrible	Lighting 0.97 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 0.94 1% 1.39 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 2.04 1% 1.27 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.9% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: GN003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 17 18 22 22 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 32.5 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 20.7 19% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 7,128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 21 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 28.5 Write 21.7 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 21.7 30% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT4GC64B8HB0NS-CG PSD34G13332S 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10 23% 8.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.4 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 24%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

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 $28Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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