Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	6.9 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111031
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 09:04
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2320-$165 38,345 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 153 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 296 33% 260 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C3) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.8% Poor	Lighting 34.1 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 29.3 28% 31.9 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 0.13 16% 22.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 28%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 85 77 93 96 99 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 99 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 88.4 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer 78.A1GDE.CP00C Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Adata AD63I1C1624EV 10GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $196Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	162x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	99x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 64%, 19,722 samples	54x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	64x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	27x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	19x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x

RAM
ACR512X64D3U13C9G 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,166 samples	14x
HU564403EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 909 samples	10x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $234

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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