Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics5.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory10GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire M3970  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire M3970
Memory5.6 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111031
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 15 '19 at 01:18
Run Duration380 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 41%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2320-$165
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
66.8% Good
Memory 90.3
1-Core 63.3
2-Core 161
63% 105 Pts
4-Core 248
8-Core 282
35% 265 Pts
64-Core 292
18% 292 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 66.8%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570
Sapphire(174B E181) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
5.32% Terrible
Lighting 7.03
Reflection 6.92
Parallax 5.78
6% 6.58 fps
MRender 5.81
Gravity 5.2
Splatting 5.57
4% 5.52 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.32%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 300i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 117 118 114 115 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
58.7% Above average
Read 420
Write 132
Mixed 177
SusWrite 116
46% 211 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 41.2
4K Mixed 26.8
89% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 135
107% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 58.7%
Great: 80%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
741GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 27 28 27 27 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
30% Below average
Read 77.8
Write 20.9
Mixed 27.4
SusWrite 26.8
28% 38.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
92% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 30%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR256X64D3U13C9G ACR256X64D3U13C9G ACR256X64D3U13C9G ACR512X64D3U13C9G 10GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
43.1% Average
MC Read 14.6
MC Write 15.3
MC Mixed 13.4
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 13.3
SC Mixed 13.5
37% 12.8 GB/s
Latency 66.8
60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 43.1%
Great: 49%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire M3970 Builds (Compare 449 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire M3970

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $231
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