Acer Aspire 5742G

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 48.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5742G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100927
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '20 at 20:29
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 560-$65 10,722 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 (95^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Memory 65.8 1-Core 55.6 2-Core 109 47% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 183 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 420M 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Acer(1025 0487) 2GB CLim: 500 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	2.53% Terrible	Lighting 3.07 Reflection 3.42 Parallax 2.62 2% 3.04 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 3.2 Splatting 2.22 3% 3.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.53% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-CX400-256 256GB 3,217 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 226 223 224 224 217 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	47% Average	Read 207 Write 102 Mixed 192 SusWrite 220 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 17.1 56% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 138 113% 161 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 464GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 76 76 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 77.9 Write 69.6 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 77 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 15,815 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.6% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.6 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 51%

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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 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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