Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.9% 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	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 63.1 2-Core 130 60% 95 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 380 39% 315 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 33 Parallax 62.1 40% 48.2 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 41 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22305524 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -8512625173992 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1259 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 154 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 46 68722491420 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 68722491420 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22305524 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22305524 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22305524 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12927 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8273 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8273 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19007 (F4) Unknown 99 99 6094907	54.6% Above average	Read 479 Write 182 Mixed 260 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 15.2 67% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 88.2 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 49.2 49% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 82GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1944 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3933 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3933 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 180389609501 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.5% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 162 Mixed 136 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 68%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $80Bench 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 $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