Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAcer Aspire M3970  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire M3970
Memory21 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110419
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 30 '21 at 03:04
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600-$187
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
72.6% Very good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 98.1
2-Core 182
71% 122 Pts
4-Core 327
8-Core 467
50% 397 Pts
64-Core 467
29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 168
Reflection 180
Parallax 190
137% 179 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 181
Splatting 125
117% 145 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S3401103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 325 195 53 97 18 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
53.4% Above average
Read 474
Write 18.4
Mixed 102
SusWrite 117
38% 178 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 40.8
4K Mixed 19.5
79% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 11.7
DQ Mixed 19.8
28% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 53.4%
Great: 102%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70
1TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 82 82 82 80 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
50.5% Above average
Read 94.2
Write 80.6
Mixed 58.1
SusWrite 81.4
58% 78.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905471-035.A00LF 9905471-084.A00LF Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 24GB
1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
47.6% Average
MC Read 16.3
MC Write 16.9
MC Mixed 15
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 16.9
SC Mixed 14.6
44% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 72.1
56% 72.1 ns

 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: 68% - Good Total price: $224
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