Acer Aspire 5742

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 27% Raft	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 43.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.72% 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	3GB 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. 3GB 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5742 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742
Memory	0.7 GB free of 3 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110401
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 20:12
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 380-$130 21,755 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Memory 61.5 1-Core 48.8 2-Core 83.7 41% 64.7 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 146 20% 147 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 46%

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) 1GB Driver: igdumdx32.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.72% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1 Parallax 0.81 1% 0.87 fps	MRender 1.24 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 1.17 1% 1.03 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.72% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 52 39 41 54 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 24.5 Write 21.2 Mixed 33 SusWrite 46.7 23% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT1GC64BH4B0PS-CG 8JSF25664HZ-1G4D1 3GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1067, 1067 MHz 1024, 2048 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.7% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 8 21% 7.23 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 4.5 12% 4.1 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 23%

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

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Typical Aspire 5742 Builds (Compare 196 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $27Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 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

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