Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.6% 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	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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 09:55
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 64.5 2-Core 120 56% 89.1 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 281 32% 247 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% PowerColor(148C 9380) ≥ 4GB CLim: 918 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 51.5 35% 47.4 fps	MRender 47.5 Gravity 37 Splatting 34 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 178GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 34 3.5 90 6 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 449 Write 368 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 49.9 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.4 37% 9.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 61%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 789GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 91 42 76 72 101 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 115 Write 121 Mixed 63 SusWrite 76 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 869GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 118 Write 60 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 127 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 64C0MHHHJ-HS 64C0MHHHJ-HS 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 41%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970A-G/3.1

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	112x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	80x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 27%, 2,515 samples	34x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	20x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	9x

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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