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Acer Aspire M3970

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics16.4% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 15 years and 3 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
SystemAcer Aspire M3970  (all builds)
MotherboardAcer Aspire M3970
Memory3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20111031
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 16 '22 at 21:16
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU4%
Watch Gameplay: 480 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600-$158
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 91.9
1-Core 93.8
2-Core 182
72% 123 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 464
50% 397 Pts
64-Core 462
29% 462 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75
CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
16.4% Very poor
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 61.3
Parallax 101
0% 54 fps
MRender 63.7
Gravity 72.4
Splatting 45.4
48% 60.5 fps
Poor: 35%
This bench: 16.4%
Great: 53%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 77.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 35 24 22 38 30 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
21.8% Poor
Read 47
Write 49.8
Mixed 39.6
SusWrite 28.6
31% 41.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 21.8%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
50.6% Above average
MC Read 17.9
MC Write 17.4
MC Mixed 15.7
49% 17 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 16.7
46% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aspire M3970 Builds (Compare 458 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire M3970

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