Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '16 at 01:01
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 140 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 470 44% 365 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.2 91% 109 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 167GB free Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 49 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 912 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 390 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8318 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1824 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 390 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2079 (F1) Unknown 100 100 41329 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34234	88.7% Excellent	Read 462 Write 407 Mixed 428 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 33.6 120% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 72.3 86% 149 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 104%
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 274 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8084 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1920 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1211 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19376 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38714	87.5% Excellent	Read 487 Write 439 Mixed 461 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 29.8 109% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 79.9 86% 143 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 111%
Plextor M6 Pro 128GB-$161 708 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 46GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 882 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1801 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 59 (AE) Unknown 100 100 887 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 61207 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 832 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 424 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 887 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7650 (F1) Unknown 100 100 179462 (F2) Unknown 100 100 383459	81.3% Excellent	Read 490 Write 309 Mixed 372 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 30.2 114% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 81.5 88% 147 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 804GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 206442193 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7139800 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3220 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 908 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 43 538902560 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1364 (C2) HDA temperature 32 13 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 206442193 (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 -127109557122096 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4619268504 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2286713643	101% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 164 Mixed 134 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 333GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3844 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2965 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1317 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 107410 (C2) HDA temperature 111 87 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1886 (F1) Unknown 200 200 52919346635 (F2) Unknown 200 200 33127753911	77.5% Very good	Read 139 Write 130 Mixed 99.1 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 14 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 52%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16