Acer Aspire V5-121

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 26%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive39.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire V5-121  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer ZA10_BZ
Memory6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20121227
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 27 '16 at 00:44
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 96%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD C-70 APU (2012 M.Za)
Socket FT1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
26.4% Poor
Memory 48.2
1-Core 14.5
2-Core 29.2
23% 30.6 Pts
4-Core 29.5
8-Core 29.4
4% 29.5 Pts
64-Core 28.7
2% 28.7 Pts
Poor: 11%
This bench: 26.4%
Great: 36%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7290
Acer(1025 0740) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
0.72% Terrible
Lighting 0.83
Reflection 1.15
Parallax 0.91
1% 0.96 fps
MRender 1.05
Gravity 0.63
Splatting 1.22
1% 0.97 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.72%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
39.6% Below average
Read 463
Write 193
Mixed 281
68% 312 MB/s
4K Read 11.7
4K Write 16.7
4K Mixed 3.18
31% 10.5 MB/s
DQ Read 13.5
DQ Write 17.4
DQ Mixed 3.31
6% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 39.6%
Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E2 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
11.2% Very poor
MC Read 3.7
MC Write 3.2
MC Mixed 4.3
11% 3.73 GB/s
SC Read 2.1
SC Write 1.8
SC Mixed 2.6
6% 2.17 GB/s
Latency 168
24% 168 ns
Poor: 11%
This bench: 11.2%
Great: 32%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire V5-121 Builds (Compare 7 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire V5-121

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $15
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