Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 20:38
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 63 2-Core 118 56% 88.5 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 249 30% 229 Pts	64-Core 256 16% 256 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 179 173 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4794 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4523 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 135028 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 27 (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	69.1% Good	Read 117 Write 124 Mixed 117 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.21 102% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 83%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 535GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45841440 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4858 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 102243645 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2397 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180262478 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 144 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 504823836 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1750 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5725 (C2) HDA temperature 28 54 30064771100 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	79.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 141 Mixed 130 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 98%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 1605 (03) Spinup time 93 93 2950 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 37244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 797 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 99 1605 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 5751 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 66 370409493 (C2) HDA temperature 78 65 370343958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 753057 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 99.2 Mixed 91.6 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.39 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 314GB free Firmware: KC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 1200 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 864 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 486479893 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 99 22 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 488243227 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 20 1200 (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 -124966368394041 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2160067067 (F2) Unknown 100 253 179569789	66.3% Good	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 99.7 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.57 111% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 63%

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Typical 970 Performance Builds (Compare 56 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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 $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