Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.8% 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	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151204
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '16 at 14:26
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 78 2-Core 150 58% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 458 44% 362 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.8% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 42.7 27% 35.2 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 37.3 27% 31.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23382027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -79757542682667 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 965 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 174 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 39 47247196191 (C2) HDA temperature 31 39 47247196191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23382027 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23382027 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23382027 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8723 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4650 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4650 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4178 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4849733	39.2% Below average	Read 266 Write 108 Mixed 154 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 10.8 66% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 10.8 22% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 871GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 25 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4822 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15081 (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 200 200 677 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4144 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 25 (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 83 83 12954 (F1) Unknown 200 200 34395259483 (F2) Unknown 200 200 42163123436	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 184 Mixed 151 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.34 132% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Maxtor STM380215AS 80GB 2,067 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 74GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 478874999 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3823 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 639172634 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 77309411354 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 66 154716804 (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	41.4% Average	Read 72 Write 71.9 Mixed 18.7 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.42 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 42%
Hitachi HDS721680PLA380 80GB-$41 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 74GB free Firmware: P21OAB3A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 165 165 175 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12895060125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2995 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2972 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3059 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3059 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 227634315294 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	39.5% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 68.4 Mixed 59.8 49% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.34 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0. Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0. 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.8% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 98.7 40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 32%

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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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Total price: $269

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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