Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.1% 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	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 08:18
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 60.2 2-Core 103 56% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 348 34% 277 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 24.4 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 29.6 20% 27.3 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 22 Splatting 27.7 20% 24.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNH128GCST 128GB 1,729 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTFAN102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 319 264 341 321 250 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 430 Write 386 Mixed 377 SusWrite 305 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 29.6 92% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 265 194% 253 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 848GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 164 164 164 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 162 Mixed 109 SusWrite 163 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 252% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 64%

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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 970M Pro3 Builds (Compare 843 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	92x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	51x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	35x
NMUD380D81-1600C 1x8GBUnknownBench 28%, 485 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x

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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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