Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 17% 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.2% 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	43.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 21:37
Run Duration	491 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 140 61% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 430 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 35 22% 30.8 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 26.6 Splatting 34 25% 30.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 600GB-$475 694 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13505 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 841169 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 1048 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 59 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 810311 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 841169 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1246175	43.4% Average	Read 259 Write 209 Mixed 229 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 13.8 62% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 30.6 26% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 55%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 3TB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 147 Mixed 142 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS72202 2TB 1TB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

NORELSYS 106X 1TB 646 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 675GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 71%
SDHC Card 16GB 8,111 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 87.6 Write 17.7 Mixed 31.8 46% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.81 86% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 24%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 352 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 14GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Read 22.6 Write 7.08 Mixed 8.35 13% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.17 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.44 41% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 85%

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Gaming 20%

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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 $175Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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