Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110712
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 06:09
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$189 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 181 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 459 47% 381 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 65.7 60% 71.7 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 69.2 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 48 86 7.6 33 56 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.1% Poor	Read 178 Write 103 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 50.7 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 12.2 51% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 33.1 DQ Mixed 29.8 23% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 85%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 24GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 56 56 56 57 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 39 Write 40.5 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 56.5 31% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 35%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 110GB free Firmware: 0412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 69 70 68 68 71 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 43.5 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 68.3 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 58%
WDC WD32 00BEVT-22ZCT0 320GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 287GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 54 55 54 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 59.5 Write 60.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 54.8 73% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 88%

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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 $189Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	163x
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 $85Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $227

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