Acer Aspire M3970G

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire M3970G (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970G
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '21 at 16:21
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2320-$165 38,345 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 80.9 2-Core 162 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 298 41% 306 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 956D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 38.3 22% 31.1 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 30.4 Splatting 25.1 22% 27.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 348 333 381 352 354 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 437 Write 342 Mixed 338 SusWrite 352 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 37 107% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 326 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unifosa HU524303EP0200 4x2GB 508 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 15.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Aspire M3970G Builds (Compare 36 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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System: Acer Aspire M3970G

CPU
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	29x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x
Radeon HD 7350AMDBench 1%, 1,650 samples	5x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	2x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $22Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
HU524303EP0200 4x2GBUnifosaBench 49%, 508 samples	9x
ACR256X64D3U13C9G 4x2GBKingstonBench 44%, 134 samples	4x
M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 2,354 samples	3x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $425

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