Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G)

  • Launched: January 2021
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~80.8%
  • Dimensions: 363.2 x 228.6 x 22.8 mm (14.3 x 9 x 0.9 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G)
Performance
47
Gaming
25
Display
32
Battery Life
58
Connectivity
66
Portability
68
BestCheck Score
50

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G)

Case

Weight 2.15 kg (4.74 lbs)
Dimensions 363.2 x 228.6 x 22.8 mm 14.3 x 9 x 0.9 inches
Area 830 cm2 (128.7 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.8%
Side bezels 8.9 mm
Colors Black
Material Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Number of fans 2
Noise level (max. load) 45 dB

Display

 
Size 15.6 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz
PPI 141 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Display tests
Contrast 1007:1
sRGB color space 54.2%
Adobe RGB profile 37.3%
DCI-P3 color gamut 36.1%
Response time 36 ms
Max. brightness
250 nits

Battery

Capicity
Full charging time 2:00 hr
Battery type Li-Ion
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
Charging port position Right
Charge power 135 W
Weight of AC adapter 460 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 2.1 GHz
Turbo frequency 4 GHz
Cores 6
Threads 12
L3 Cache 8 MB
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
Fabrication process 7 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1547
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5679
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1195
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
7373

Graphics Card

 
TGP 50 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 12 nm
GPU base clock 1380 MHz
GPU boost clock 1560 MHz
FLOPS 3.195 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory speed ~12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 1024
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
GPU performance
3.195 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 3200 MHz
Type DDR4
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
Max. ram size 16 GB

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 1
NVMe Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~67.9 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
Bluetooth v5.1
Fingerprint No
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 3x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt No
HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
SD card reader No
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.2 mm
Touchpad
Size 11.0 x 8.0 cm
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes