Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.72% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire M3970  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire M3970
Memory4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111031
Uptime52 Days
Run DateDec 13 '17 at 19:17
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600-$197
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
72.8% Very good
Memory 92.5
1-Core 87.7
2-Core 166
70% 115 Pts
4-Core 288
8-Core 416
44% 352 Pts
64-Core 458
28% 458 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 545
Sapphire(174B 6178) 3GB
CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
5.72% Terrible
Lighting 6.33
Reflection 7.69
Parallax 4.94
5% 6.32 fps
MRender 8.48
Gravity 6.5
Splatting 9.48
7% 8.15 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.72%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
49.9% Average
Read 91
Write 82.8
Mixed 88.5
66% 87.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.71
4K Write 1.69
4K Mixed 0.14
76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 49.9%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
49.9% Average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 17.3
MC Mixed 15.6
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 15.9
SC Mixed 15.6
44% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 49.9%
Great: 53%

 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: $235
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