Acer Aspire M3970G

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.2% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire M3970G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970G
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '17 at 13:37
Run Duration	410 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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)	72.3% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 165 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 325 43% 323 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.3% 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. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 1.69 1% 1.66 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2 1% 1.55 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: D781 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 746GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 181 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 9 (C2) HDA temperature 106 101 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 158 Write 122 Mixed 119 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.28 108% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%
Staples 16GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 12GB free, PID 5573 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	9.03% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 3.42 Mixed 3.11 7% 8.09 MB/s	4K Read 4.76 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 1.05 104% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.03% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 61%

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

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Typical Aspire M3970G Builds (Compare 36 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $196Bench 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 $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