Acer Aspire 5742G

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 40.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5742G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '21 at 02:29
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 460-$130 18,336 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Memory 53.8 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 128 48% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 168 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 420M 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Acer(1025 0487) 1GB CLim: 500 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	2.4% Terrible	Lighting 2.8 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 1.1 2% 2.8 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 3.2 Splatting 2.4 3% 3.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.4% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR052 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 217 226 222 220 132 MB/s Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.6% Average	Read 238 Write 219 Mixed 218 SusWrite 207 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 10.5 60% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 23.1 55% 113 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471B5273DH0-CH9 HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	23.6% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 10.4 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.1 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 147 27% 147 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 24%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire 5742G

CPU
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	121x
Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples	119x
Core i5 M 480IntelBench 41%, 16,023 samples	94x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	211x
GeForce GT 420MNvidiaBench 2%, 1,922 samples	147x
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	127x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	12x

RAM
ACR256X64D3S1333C9 2x2GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,134 samples	47x
M471B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 5,297 samples	38x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 8,570 samples	30x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16