Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110419
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 14 '19 at 21:42
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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-$191 185,630 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 (97^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 445 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 0589) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.25% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 1.22 1% 1.43 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 2.48 2% 1.85 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.25% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 238 238 237 235 236 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.6% Above average	Read 228 Write 224 Mixed 206 SusWrite 236 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 26.8 91% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 182 135% 179 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 110%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	9.22% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 19.8 Mixed 22.6 SusWrite 11.1 14% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 226% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 9.22% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 11 11 11 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 23.7 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 11.5 16% 22 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 200% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 92%
Drobo 5C 17.5TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 8TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 11 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 30.8 Write 28.7 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 12.1 34% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.9 208% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR512X64D3U13C9G 2x4GB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

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

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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 $191Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $229

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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