Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 18:20
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2320-$165 38,345 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 84.1 2-Core 163 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 312 43% 318 Pts	64-Core 314 19% 314 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 530 5,672 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Sapphire(174B 7162) 2GB CLim: 699 MHz, MLim: 396 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 5.19 Parallax 3.62 4% 4.37 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.44 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$200 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 117 131 131 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 89.1 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 123 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Kingston ACR512X64D3U13C9G Kingston ACR512X64D3U13C9G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 51%

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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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Typical Aspire M3970 Builds (Compare 453 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $73Bench 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 $53Bench 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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Total price: $111

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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