Acer Aspire 5742G

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 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 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5742G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120813
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 06:30
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 480 16,023 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 63.1 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 143 54% 92.5 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 176 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520M 5,654 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Acer(1025 0488) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9135 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	1.93% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.69 Parallax 1.44 2% 2.12 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 2.52 2% 2.63 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.93% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 125 107 146 118 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 198 Write 182 Mixed 188 SusWrite 128 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 19.8 68% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 153 116% 155 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 85%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID c95a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	4.2% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 6 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 5.5 11% 9.95 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.2% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GB 5,366 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.6% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 10.5 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 58%

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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%

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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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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