Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	81.6% 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	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 04:42
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 45.7 2-Core 92.2 46% 71.4 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 246 25% 201 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 111 Parallax 109 82% 107 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.8 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 131163707 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -83434034679541 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 550 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 439 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 65 64428769306 (C2) HDA temperature 26 65 64428769306 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 131163707 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 131163707 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 131163707 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17790 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10170 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10170 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7932	65.1% Good	Read 498 Write 238 Mixed 280 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 17.5 73% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 75 88% 153 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 51GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 142 3708 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4751 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4221 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 33 (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	51.9% Above average	Read 72.3 Write 109 Mixed 88.7 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.41 82% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 69%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 37GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6706165 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4318800380 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 538574880 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 29 6706165 (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 37825776992244 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1274921301 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1402808139	19.4% Very poor	Read 53.4 Write 14.1 Mixed 10.4 19% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.24 54% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CM3X2G1600C9B6X CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CM3X2G1600C9B6X 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.6% Poor	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 30%

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Gaming 22%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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