Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.8% 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	72.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '16 at 23:23
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 141 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 444 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 38 37% 42.3 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.7 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCIe 240GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 14160732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 5068061418988 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 501 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14160732 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14160732 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14160732 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 35999 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16399 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16399 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11622	72.7% Very good	Read 700 Write 194 Mixed 242 82% 379 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 15.2 84% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 59.6 78% 141 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162373136 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1759236 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1762 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 522059806 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24664 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -53970559038098 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4075678481 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2896732034	90% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 155 Mixed 107 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 240 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 12908831842 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4783 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 4295032912 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2520 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5636 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 12 3 240 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 133393094297965 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3723776787 (F2) Unknown 100 253 772237876	62.7% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 61.4 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.54 105% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 75%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 844GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 82129811 (03) Spinup time 93 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 57 56 1116839153068 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6318 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 72 223341838409 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572588066 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 12 82129811 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 157 517	43.1% Average	Read 71.3 Write 78.6 Mixed 76.1 57% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.46 111% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 59%
Samsung HD300LJ 300GB-$25 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 279GB free Firmware: ZT10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 58.8 Mixed 56.6 44% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 140GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 60.9 Mixed 65.1 50% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.53 148% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 68%
WD WD1500HLHX-01JJPV0 150GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 101GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 191 1375 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3504 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2693 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 698 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2805 (C2) HDA temperature 114 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 166 8462 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 123 Mixed 127 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 0.61 174% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 81%
WD WD1500HLHX-01JJPV0 150GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 101GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 191 1400 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3343 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10220 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2776 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 748 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2594 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 112552 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.3% Very good	Read 149 Write 127 Mixed 123 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.65 176% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AMD R934G2401U1S 2x4GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 79%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Performance

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	20x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	12x

GPU
R7 370AMD $153Bench 21%, 39,178 samples	3x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 39%, 75 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Total price: $311

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