Acer Aspire M3420

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Acer Aspire M3420 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3420
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120614
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-5700 APU (2012 D.Tr)-$265 6,606 User benchmarks, average bench 48% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 76.2 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 120 54% 86.8 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 181 25% 185 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7470 14,835 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Elitegroup(1019 0024) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	2.14% Terrible	Lighting 2.83 Reflection 2.88 Parallax 2.47 2% 2.73 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 1.97 Splatting 2.3 2% 2.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.14% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 86174224732041 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 308 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 102 102 6970046 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 308 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 125460 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 26 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 125460 (F2) Unknown 100 100 45185 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4655	68.7% Good	Read 505 Write 146 Mixed 190 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 15 108% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 49.3 75% 143 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 170 8000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2170 (C2) HDA temperature 123 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 128 Mixed 113 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unifosa HU564403EP0200 3x4GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 9.8 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 88 46% 88 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 47%

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Typical Aspire M3420 Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire M3420

CPU
A8-5500 APUAMD $135Bench 48%, 10,478 samples	5x
A10-5700 APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $265Bench 48%, 6,606 samples	4x

GPU
Radeon HD 7350AMDBench 1%, 1,650 samples	2x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	1x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	1x
Ultimate SU800 512GBAdata $82Bench 104%, 31,280 samples	1x

RAM
ACR512X64D3U16C11G 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 749 samples	3x
HU564404EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 333 samples	1x
ACR512X64D3U13C9G 3x4GBKingstonBench 37%, 245 samples	1x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $201

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 $184	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) $35	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