Acer Aspire V5-121

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 8% Tree trunk	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 17.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	0.74% 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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 80% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Acer Aspire V5-121 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer ZA10_BZ
Memory	0.3 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130204
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 16:44
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	100%
CPU Throttled	80%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD C-70 APU (2012 M.Za) 922 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Socket FT1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 1 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Memory 31.8 1-Core 7.9 2-Core 18.6 14% 19.4 Pts	4-Core 18.6 8-Core 18.2 2% 18.4 Pts	64-Core 18 1% 18 Pts
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 36%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7290 821 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 0740) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	0.74% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.19 Parallax 1.03 1% 1.02 fps	MRender 1.14 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 1.3 1% 1.03 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.74% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: AX003J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st 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 1077 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 4737 (0A) Spinup retry count 213 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2791 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 50 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9267 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044380713 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4665 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 182 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	46.4% Average	Read 80.7 Write 81 Mixed 75.6 60% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 54%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 3,195 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 592GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 21.6 Mixed 23.8 30% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR256X64D3S16C11G 1x2GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1 of 2 slots used 2GB SODIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	7.77% Terrible	MC Read 2.6 MC Write 2.2 MC Mixed 3.2 8% 2.67 GB/s	SC Read 1.5 SC Write 1.2 SC Mixed 0.7 3% 1.13 GB/s	Latency 244 16% 244 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 32%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 24%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Acer Aspire V5-121

CPU
C-70 APU (2012 M.Za)AMDBench 22%, 922 samples	7x

GPU
Radeon HD 7290AMDBench 1%, 821 samples	7x

SSD
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	1x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	1x

RAM
ACR512X64D3S16C11G 1x4GBKingstonBench 24%, 786 samples	3x
AM1L16BC4R1-B1GS 1x4GBAdataBench 24%, 1,734 samples	1x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	1x

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Value: 15% - Very poor

Total price: $25

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