Acer Aspire 5742

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 48.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Acer Aspire 5742 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 16:36
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (50^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, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Memory 66.4 1-Core 70 2-Core 139 54% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 179 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 48%

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 0487) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.92% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1.27 Parallax 0.94 1% 1.07 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.7 1% 1.33 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.92% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 25 100 73 28 124 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.4% Poor	Read 184 Write 84.7 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 74.7 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 8.6 32% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 14.7 12% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GB 7,983 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.4% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 49%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire 5742

CPU
Core i3 M 380Intel $130Bench 40%, 21,755 samples	56x
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	54x
Core i5 M 480IntelBench 41%, 16,023 samples	27x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	196x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 8,570 samples	23x
ACR256X64D3S1333C9 2x2GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,134 samples	19x
HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 2x2GBHynixBench 33%, 8,194 samples	10x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $158

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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