Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '23 at 19:53
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$190 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 168 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 442 45% 365 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (117 fps cap detected)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 117 95% 117 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 117 Splatting 114 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$27 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK11B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 114 59 39 70 26 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 449 Write 372 Mixed 325 SusWrite 71.5 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 23.4 88% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 80.5 116% 216 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 85%
Adata SU655 480GB 2,405 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 126GB free Firmware: S0212B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 213 224 75 75 69 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.8% Average	Read 252 Write 213 Mixed 16 SusWrite 145 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 17.1 57% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 0.7 50% 122 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 102%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 447GB free Firmware: 03180000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 214 226 218 180 71 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.2% Above average	Read 248 Write 207 Mixed 197 SusWrite 186 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 26.1 87% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 127 102% 144 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 102%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 107 108 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 99 SusWrite 108 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 TIMETEC-UD3-1600 TIMETEC-UD3-1600 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns

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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 $190Bench 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 $90Bench 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: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16