Acer Aspire 5742

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.38% 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.
Memory6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire 5742  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire 5742
Memory3.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110121
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 12 '21 at 16:22
Run Duration177 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (20th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3 M 380-$130
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
28.4% Poor
Memory 43.3
1-Core 21.6
2-Core 51.9
25% 38.9 Pts
4-Core 76.9
8-Core 99.6
11% 88.2 Pts
64-Core 85.3
5% 85.3 Pts
Poor: 23%
This bench: 28.4%
Great: 46%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)
Acer(1025 0487) 2.8GB
Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.38% Terrible
Lighting 0.4
Reflection 1.2
Parallax 0.5
0% 0.7 fps
MRender 1
Gravity 0.3
Splatting 0.5
0% 0.6 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.38%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50
429GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 23 26 21 29 27 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
21.3% Poor
Read 46.4
Write 24.2
Mixed 18
SusWrite 27.7
21% 29.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.2
39% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 21.3%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown ACR256X64D3S1333C9 NT4GC64B8HB0NS-CG 6GB
1067, 1067 MHz
2048, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
17% Very poor
MC Read 6.1
MC Write 5.9
MC Mixed 6.9
18% 6.3 GB/s
SC Read 2.5
SC Write 2.4
SC Mixed 3
8% 2.63 GB/s
Latency 188
21% 188 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 17%
Great: 24%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire 5742 Builds (Compare 196 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire 5742

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