Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	43.1% 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	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 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.

CPU throttled at 95% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 02:34
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	95%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 61.6 2-Core 136 59% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 261 34% 257 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.1% Average	Lighting 49.8 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 76.1 41% 62.7 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 53.9 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 433GB free Firmware: X611 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 407 411 410 409 409 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 467 Write 430 Mixed 381 SusWrite 397 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 31.1 100% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 226 174% 235 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 119%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 77.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 63 58 68 77 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 74 Write 72.8 Mixed 59 SusWrite 67.5 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 46GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 72 56 58 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45% Average	Read 87.8 Write 67.5 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 68.6 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 57%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 401 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 65GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 22.7 Mixed 22 SusWrite 25.1 33% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 4x4GB 898 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 53%

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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 $197Bench 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 $109Bench 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: $235

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