Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	173% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 21:39
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 78.6 2-Core 150 67% 108 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 462 45% 367 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 71%

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: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 111 Parallax 97.2 82% 103 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 98.5 77% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,391 Write 952 Mixed 1,066 252% 1,136 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 38.5 170% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 79.5 87% 150 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44299352 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 360985 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 67 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5885 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 60129542176 (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 -11239929412579 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3688227571 (F2) Unknown 100 253 916631824	88.6% Excellent	Read 162 Write 147 Mixed 49.1 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 914GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42571328 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4176757 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2866 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 521994270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40385 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (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 55684250997743 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6007829540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11770086392	79.6% Very good	Read 139 Write 139 Mixed 29.3 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 610GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 238372034 (03) Spinup time 91 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 35 (07) Seek error rate 57 56 1365966326169 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 80 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7380 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 72 236226936917 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 606208036 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 12 238372034 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 157 521	53% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 92.3 Mixed 80 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 225GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 12913699444 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5861 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 8590065746 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2869 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7364 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 3 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114452288482043 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2940239403 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2410364008	43.6% Average	Read 81.5 Write 68.5 Mixed 70.5 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.46 198% 2.49 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 75%
WD WD1500HLHX-01JJPV0 150GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 84GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 191 190 1425 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5255 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3773 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4043 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 30 (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 14304 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.7% Good	Read 128 Write 111 Mixed 108 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.51 147% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 81%
WD WD1500HLHX-01JJPV0 150GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 84GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 190 1400 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4876 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3856 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3617 (C2) HDA temperature 111 108 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 112552 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73% Very good	Read 138 Write 116 Mixed 111 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.62 171% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 15.2 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 88%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	11x

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 $37Bench 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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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $311

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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