Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	0.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111031
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '24 at 20:17
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.9% Average	Memory 84.3 1-Core 82.2 2-Core 81.4 56% 82.6 Pts	4-Core 82 8-Core 83.1 11% 82.6 Pts	64-Core 81.8 5% 81.8 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E181) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.99% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 6.6 Parallax 5.7 5% 6.23 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 5.5 4% 5.57 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.99% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 908GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 360 365 367 384 373 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 454 Write 420 Mixed 406 SusWrite 357 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 29.4 94% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 84.3 DQ Write 60.6 DQ Mixed 73.1 54% 72.7 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 136%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 946GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 168 166 168 167 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 173 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 165 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 151 153 146 153 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 146 Mixed 104 SusWrite 148 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR512X64D3U13C9G F3-10666CL9-4GBXL F3-10666CL9-4GBXL ACR512X64D3U13C9G 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.7% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 0.9 11% 3.8 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	66	52	60	24.1"	1280 720	DELA07A DELL U2412M

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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: $224

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16