Acer Aspire X3950

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.4% 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	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	Acer Aspire X3950 (all builds)
Motherboard	Acer Aspire X3950
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100505
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	May 24 '21 at 21:13
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 70 1-Core 69.5 2-Core 125 53% 88.2 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 204 28% 205 Pts	64-Core 203 13% 203 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 46.6 Parallax 41.9 36% 44.1 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 36.4 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 112 136 117 136 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 214 Write 192 Mixed 179 SusWrite 127 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 25 84% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 147 114% 157 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 418GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 73 78 79 78 80 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 69.5 Write 76.7 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 77.4 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 59%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 466GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 10 13 13 12 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	8.72% Terrible	Read 28.3 Write 18.7 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 12.3 24% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 42% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 8.72% Great: 19%
WD Elements 10B8 500GB 1,821 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 369GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 13 13 13 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 22.6 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 13.1 28% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 39%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 54GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 8 9.7 9.8 10 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 27.9 Write 8.9 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 9.6 21% 17 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.6 168% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 None CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.9% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.1 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 30%

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

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Acer Aspire X3950

CPU
Core i3 540Intel $60Bench 46%, 24,563 samples	59x
Core i3 550Intel $110Bench 47%, 19,058 samples	30x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	24x

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	46x
GeForce GT 320NvidiaBench 3%, 2,109 samples	18x
GeForce 315NvidiaBench 2%, 2,008 samples	17x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
GU512303EP0202 2x2GBUnifosaBench 35%, 775 samples	9x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 35%, 3,211 samples	7x
ACR256X64D3U1333C9 2x2GBToshibaBench 29%, 236 samples	6x

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Total price: $60

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