Acer Aspire V5-121

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 10%
Tree trunk
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 22.3%, 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire V5-121  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer ZA10_BZ
Memory0.5 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20130318
Uptime4.9 Days
Run DateAug 29 '20 at 20:40
Run Duration172 Seconds
Run User NIC-User
Background CPU 61%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd 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 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
22.3% Poor
Memory 41.1
1-Core 12.2
2-Core 23.6
19% 25.6 Pts
4-Core 22.4
8-Core 23.6
3% 23 Pts
64-Core 24
2% 24 Pts
Poor: 11%
This bench: 22.3%
Great: 36%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7290
Acer(1025 0740) 256MB
Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
0.51% Terrible
Lighting 0.57
Reflection 0.92
Parallax 0.72
0% 0.74 fps
MRender 0.95
Gravity 0.17
Splatting 1.04
1% 0.72 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.51%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 2.5" 160GB (2010)-$50
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.01A03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 54 55 37 56 58 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
33.5% Below average
Read 67.7
Write 41
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 48.9
39% 52.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 33.5%
Great: 51%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7
12GB free, PID 1666
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
6.77% Terrible
Read 30.4
Write 16
Mixed 16.2
SusWrite 10.5
22% 18.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
1% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.77%
Great: 23%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR256X64D3S16C11G 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
8.72% Terrible
MC Read 2.9
MC Write 2.3
MC Mixed 3.5
8% 2.9 GB/s
SC Read 1.3
SC Write 1.8
SC Mixed 1.1
4% 1.4 GB/s
Latency 197
20% 197 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 8.72%
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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