Acer Aspire M3970G

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Acer Aspire M3970G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970G
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 23:18
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 79.1 2-Core 163 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 311 42% 312 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7350 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E153) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.19% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.59 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2.04 1% 1.59 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.19% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2400 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 145 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3542035934	75.7% Very good	Read 510 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 18.6 96% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 18.7 22% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 822GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790447930 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4325 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2237 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4434 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 223339020328 (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	71% Very good	Read 121 Write 127 Mixed 118 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unifosa HU524303EP0200 4x2GB 508 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 52%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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System: Acer Aspire M3970G

CPU
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	29x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x
Radeon HD 7350AMDBench 1%, 1,650 samples	5x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	2x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
HU524303EP0200 4x2GBUnifosaBench 49%, 508 samples	9x
ACR256X64D3U13C9G 4x2GBKingstonBench 44%, 134 samples	4x
M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 2,354 samples	3x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $425

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 $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