Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock 970M Pro3  (all builds)
Memory14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160617
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 01 '17 at 17:21
Run Duration81 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8370-$175
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73.1% Very good
Memory 90.9
1-Core 74.8
2-Core 150
64% 105 Pts
4-Core 300
8-Core 468
47% 384 Pts
64-Core 469
29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
65% Good
Lighting 81.8
Reflection 80.8
Parallax 77.8
67% 80.1 fps
MRender 74.7
Gravity 74.9
Splatting 76.5
62% 75.4 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 65%
Great: 60%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40
538GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
61.1% Good
Read 103
Write 110
Mixed 107
81% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.16
4K Mixed 0.3
75% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 61.1%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.1% Average
MC Read 17.6
MC Write 15.7
MC Mixed 15.6
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 8.4
SC Mixed 11.8
29% 10.2 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 46.1%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 970M Pro3 Builds (Compare 843 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $217
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