Acer Aspire 5742

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 0% 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 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 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Acer Aspire 5742 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 19:09
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	17%

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 i3 M 370-$167 23,407 User benchmarks, average bench 39% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 60.2 1-Core 55.2 2-Core 102 44% 72.4 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 149 20% 146 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 45%

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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.59% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 0.85 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.71 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.88 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.59% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 904GB free Firmware: 0708 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 26 Mixed 26.6 21% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.16 107% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 66%
Toshiba MK7575GSX 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: GT001M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2112 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 112 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 4913 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1359 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2396 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 58965 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 253403856931 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 96 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 101 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4628 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 288 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	45.6% Average	Read 80.1 Write 78.8 Mixed 77.7 59% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1 1x4GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.27 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 5.4 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 29%

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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 $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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