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 (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 40.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.82% 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	6GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire 5742 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire 5742
Memory	2.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110401
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 03:36
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 55.1 2-Core 106 46% 75 Pts	4-Core 87.9 8-Core 135 14% 112 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.1% 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) 2.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.82% Terrible	Lighting 0.87 Reflection 1.12 Parallax 0.84 1% 0.94 fps	MRender 1.33 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.22 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.82% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK6465GSX 640GB 4,539 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: GJ00 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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 1556 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 53 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 10994 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13176 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 366 (C0) Power-off retract count 82 82 9088 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 111510 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249109151790 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 85 (DE) Loaded hours 75 75 10263 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 297 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	29.1% Poor	Read 43.9 Write 57.3 Mixed 47.9 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.26 66% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 48%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 644GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 25.8 Write 19.5 Mixed 18.5 26% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8JSF25664HZ-1G4D1 NT4GC64B8HB0NS-CG 6GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1067, 1067 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	22.1% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 24%

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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 $46Bench 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 $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) $35	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