Acer Aspire V5-121

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 9%
Tree trunk
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 20.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAcer Aspire V5-121  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer ZA10_BZ
Memory0.4 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130318
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 27 '20 at 03:25
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User HND-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD C-70 APU (2012 M.Za)
Socket FT1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
20.9% Poor
Memory 37.8
1-Core 11.2
2-Core 28
18% 25.7 Pts
4-Core 24.5
8-Core 26.8
3% 25.6 Pts
64-Core 25.5
2% 25.5 Pts
Poor: 11%
This bench: 20.9%
Great: 36%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7290
Acer(1025 0740) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
0.51% Terrible
Lighting 0.57
Reflection 0.92
Parallax 0.72
0% 0.74 fps
MRender 0.9
Gravity 0.17
Splatting 1.04
1% 0.7 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.51%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21
405GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 39 46 50 40 57 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
37.4% Below average
Read 87.9
Write 55.2
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 42.5
41% 56.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 37.4%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR256X64D3S16C11G 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
8.47% Terrible
MC Read 3.2
MC Write 2.5
MC Mixed 3.1
8% 2.93 GB/s
SC Read 0.9
SC Write 1.8
SC Mixed 0.2
3% 0.97 GB/s
Latency 213
19% 213 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 8.47%
Great: 32%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire V5-121 Builds (Compare 7 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire V5-121

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