Acer Aspire 8942G

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.88% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	29.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 8942G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer SM82-CP
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110428
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 18:34
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 88.7 1-Core 23 2-Core 44.5 40% 52.1 Pts	4-Core 76.8 8-Core 168 14% 122 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850 1,228 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Acer(1025 030A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Lighting 9.2 Reflection 7.6 Parallax 9.3 8% 8.7 fps	MRender 6.4 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 6.4 6% 7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 50 53 53 55 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 148 Write 68 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 51.9 20% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 14.2 56% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 69.6 57% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 51%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 589GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 71 76 77 76 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 76 Write 72.8 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 70.2 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.7 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Aspire 8942G Builds (Compare 14 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire 8942G

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	4x
Core i5 M 430IntelBench 39%, 14,318 samples	4x
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples	3x

GPU
Radeon HD 6500MAMDBench 3%, 12,937 samples	7x
Mobility Radeon HD 5850AMDBench 7%, 1,228 samples	7x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	7x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	5x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	1x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $257

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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