Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.7% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111031
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 09:51
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$172 185,630 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 (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 85.4 2-Core 188 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 463 50% 396 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$120 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% HP(103C 841F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.7% Average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 87.7 49% 70.8 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 53.5 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 115 133 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 151 Mixed 73 SusWrite 125 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 96%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID a782 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 8.6 8.2 8.3 8.6 8 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.36% Terrible	Read 17 Write 7.8 Mixed 6 SusWrite 8.1 12% 9.73 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 72%

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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 $172Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $210

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16