Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15.5% 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	32.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '16 at 09:24
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 84 1-Core 49.1 2-Core 100 50% 77.8 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 192 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gainward(10B0 1381) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 16 16% 16.8 fps	MRender 22.7 Gravity 18.7 Splatting 16 15% 19.1 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9367 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2587 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 506641 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 10698821 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 4278817424 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	32.5% Below average	Read 245 Write 78 Mixed 109 31% 144 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 6.31 46% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 57.7 DQ Mixed 37.3 46% 83.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 46%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 634GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10385112 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1089 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3944324 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 60 54 672530472 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1092 (C2) HDA temperature 40 46 77309411368 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.7 Mixed 95.2 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.14 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 453GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 166 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 68 9073 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9598 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19779 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 102 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3525 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1923 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 49 219044249643 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 21 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 102 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9794	83% Excellent	Read 136 Write 153 Mixed 131 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.51 133% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 75%
Maxtor 6B160M0 164GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 97GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 208 207 16467 (04) Start/Stop count 249 249 8288 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 250 237 54588 (09) Power-on hours count 167 167 26126 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 238 238 6005 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 253 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 6902 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 148 1 346 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 164 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	36.7% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 65.1 Mixed 56 46% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 33%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 94GB free Firmware: 3.ALC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 187223084 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4072 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4893 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 44 13540720679 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 166205 (C2) HDA temperature 39 56 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 54 79547887 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	18.3% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 34.6 Mixed 23.8 22% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.25 61% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 24%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$32 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 64GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 70.3 Write 61.5 Mixed 56.2 47% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 1x8GB 4,013 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.9% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 6 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 4.9 16% 5.67 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 34%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - $18

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	193x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	191x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	33x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

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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