Acer Aspire X3950

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Acer Aspire X3950 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire X3950
Memory	4.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100505
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '17 at 13:52
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 550-$110 19,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 67.9 1-Core 67.9 2-Core 124 52% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 190 22% 174 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.18% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.31 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.61 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.18% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (A5) Unknown 100 100 554064675017 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 35 279172874291 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 287765037123 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 286 (EA) Unknown 100 100 937 (F1) Unknown 253 253 512 (F2) Unknown 253 253 377 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	27.2% Poor	Read 236 Write 32 Mixed 150 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 5.52 50% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 60.7 DQ Mixed 2.7 13% 27.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 78%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 258GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 134 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1857 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1811 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1857 (C2) HDA temperature 96 82 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.3% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 97.5 Mixed 90.2 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 58%
WDC WD10 JPVT-75A1YT0 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 56GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.7% Very poor	Read 23.8 Write 19.1 Mixed 17.9 25% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Toshiba ACR256X64D3U1333C9 None EBJ41UF8BCF0-DJ-F 6GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.5% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 8 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 23%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

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System: Acer Aspire X3950

CPU
Core i3 540Intel $60Bench 46%, 24,563 samples	59x
Core i3 550Intel $110Bench 47%, 19,058 samples	30x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	24x

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	46x
GeForce GT 320NvidiaBench 3%, 2,109 samples	18x
GeForce 315NvidiaBench 2%, 2,008 samples	17x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
GU512303EP0202 2x2GBUnifosaBench 35%, 775 samples	9x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 35%, 3,211 samples	7x
ACR256X64D3U1333C9 2x2GBToshibaBench 29%, 236 samples	6x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16