Acer Aspire 5742G

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 39.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.7% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5742G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 19:13
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 460-$130 18,336 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Memory 49.4 1-Core 56.4 2-Core 109 42% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 168 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 540M 15,328 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Acer(1025 0488) 1GB Driver: Ver. 21.21.13.7654 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	3.2% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 4.58 Parallax 1.78 3% 3.39 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.17 Splatting 3 3% 4.34 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.2% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 206 214 157 156 184 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.7% Above average	Read 232 Write 188 Mixed 185 SusWrite 188 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 18.8 72% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 147 120% 170 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 93%
Toshiba MK6465GSX 640GB 4,539 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 66GB free Firmware: GJ002J SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 78 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 76.7 Write 69.4 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 78.2 44% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.9% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.8 23% 8.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 163 25% 163 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 51%

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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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Total price: $195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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