Acer Aspire 5742

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 48.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5742 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742
Memory	0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101108
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 15 '22 at 14:37
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 380-$130 21,755 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Memory 70.1 1-Core 55.5 2-Core 110 48% 78.4 Pts	4-Core 154 8-Core 154 21% 154 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 0487) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.42% Terrible	Lighting 0.4 Reflection 1.2 Parallax 0.5 0% 0.7 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 0.5 1% 0.77 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.42% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR054 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 208 214 216 190 128 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.7% Average	Read 240 Write 217 Mixed 216 SusWrite 196 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 11.4 53% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 29.3 60% 120 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GB 8,570 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	22.8% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 48%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire 5742

CPU
Core i3 M 380Intel $130Bench 40%, 21,755 samples	56x
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	54x
Core i5 M 480IntelBench 41%, 16,023 samples	27x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	196x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 8,570 samples	23x
ACR256X64D3S1333C9 2x2GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,134 samples	19x
HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 2x2GBHynixBench 33%, 8,194 samples	10x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $158

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16