Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.36% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

System	Acer Aspire M3970 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire M3970
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110419
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 12:33
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 77.5 2-Core 152 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 259 38% 277 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E181) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.36% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 5.75 6% 6.59 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 5.48 4% 5.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 53 44 78 99 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 75.4 71% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 67%
TDK LoR TF10 32GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 8GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 5.1 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	6.82% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 15.5 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 5.4 16% 13 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 63% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.82% Great: 12%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 91GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 24.5 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 19.2 31% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 21%
Ut165 USB Flash Disk 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 0165 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	4.69% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 3.2 Mixed 4 SusWrite 3.9 8% 7.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.69% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR256X64D3U1333C9 4x2GB 522 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 15.2 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 52%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $226

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16