Acer Aspire X3960

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire X3960 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire X3960
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '19 at 21:02
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 136 67% 107 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 390 44% 343 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 405 1,861 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B 3150) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.24% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 2.54 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.46 fps	MRender 2.81 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 2 2% 1.89 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.24% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 640GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 79 87 90 48 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 92.2 Write 91 Mixed 47 SusWrite 69.8 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 74%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 14 14 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Read 11.7 Write 10.5 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 13.8 9% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLFF65F-D8KQ9 4x4GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire X3960

CPU
Core i3-2100Intel $49Bench 51%, 63,701 samples	28x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 64%, 19,722 samples	13x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	5x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	19x
GeForce 405NvidiaBench 1%, 1,861 samples	4x
Radeon HD 6450AMDBench 2%, 32,407 samples	3x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
PM830 512GBSamsungBench 68%, 611 samples	1x

RAM
GU512303EP0202 2x2GBUnifosaBench 35%, 775 samples	4x
ACR256X64D3U1333C9 2x2GBKingstonBench 31%, 1,517 samples	3x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	2x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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