Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110801
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 02:45
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2120-$170 77,810 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 86.7 2-Core 141 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 220 29% 218 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 0589) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.04% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.97 1% 1.18 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 2 1% 1.55 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.04% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.4.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7558179 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 119838177508256 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1561 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 55 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 52 1013615689769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7558179 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7558179 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7558179 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11266 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6383 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6383 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4706	39.5% Below average	Read 240 Write 133 Mixed 178 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 12.1 58% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 42.7 47% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 875GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54029019 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9266 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 172447100 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4400 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 605421604 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 18 54029019 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -20723217164355 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1786443967 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1109990354	67% Good	Read 122 Write 112 Mixed 94 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.57 126% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unifosa HU524303EP0200 2x2GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 50%

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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 $194Bench 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 $94Bench 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: $232

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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