Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31% 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	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

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System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	10.5 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 19:34
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$195 185,630 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 (64^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 182 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 404 44% 346 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 36.9 32% 35.8 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 37 Splatting 35.8 30% 36.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1910 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9449137835008 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 83 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 41 253403070507 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4398075806720 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3756 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14413 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5952 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6168 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.6% Above average	Read 495 Write 270 Mixed 197 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 1.63 48% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.7 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 5.43 31% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 78%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 147 147 51572441638 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 117 117 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1475 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 206159872031 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 158 Mixed 151 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.24 116% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 91%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 345GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 191 165 5433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3166 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 153431 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 32 (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	39.5% Below average	Read 75.8 Write 61.4 Mixed 61.6 50% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 65%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 116GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5819 (03) Spinup time 165 140 2708 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4919 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4500 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 6452 (BC) Unknown 100 97 55 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 589430819 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3672 (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% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 104 Mixed 93.5 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR512X64D3U13C9G ACR512X64D3U13C9G 99U5474-038.A00LF Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.7% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 47%

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System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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 $109Bench 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: $233

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16