Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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. 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	57.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '16 at 00:22
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$85 185,630 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 (74^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 176 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 417 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.2% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 61.3 59% 67.6 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 64.6 55% 67 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 882GB free (System drive) Firmware: 06.01D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 174 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 242 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 53 723779624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 129 (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	9.01% Terrible	Read 8.52 Write 22.8 Mixed 96 34% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.14 25% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 9.01% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 26.7 Write 24.3 Mixed 25.4 33% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.23 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR512X64D3U13C9G Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.1% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 35%

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

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $85Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	165x
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
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	15x

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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $123

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353