Acer Aspire 5742Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 0% 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 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 39.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.63% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5742Z (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742Z
Memory	1.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '20 at 17:04
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 Pentium P6200 8,041 User benchmarks, average bench 36% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Memory 61.4 1-Core 51.9 2-Core 104 44% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 99.1 8-Core 105 14% 102 Pts	64-Core 103 6% 103 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 41%

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)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.92 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.75 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.26 1% 0.94 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 66 68 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 68 Write 66.5 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 68.1 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 21GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 4.8 4.4 4.4 3.9 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 26.7 Write 7.2 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 4.8 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 117% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ21UE8BFU0-DJ-F HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1067, 1067 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 9 22% 7.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 1%

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Desktop 18%

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Workstation 1%

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System: Acer Aspire 5742Z

CPU
Pentium P6100IntelBench 35%, 6,283 samples	40x
Pentium P6200IntelBench 36%, 8,041 samples	35x
Core i3 M 380Intel $130Bench 40%, 21,755 samples	9x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	107x
Quantic C3PhdgdBench 1%, 86 samples	1x

SSD
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	2x

RAM
ACR256X64D3S1333C9 1x2GBKingstonBench 18%, 620 samples	8x
ACR256X64D3S1333C9 2x2GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,134 samples	7x
NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG 2x2GBNanyaBench 31%, 6,518 samples	4x

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Value: 15% - Very poor

Total price: $25

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16