Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.42% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '22 at 02:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 71.9 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 99.5 46% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 283 28% 229 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Zotac(19DA 1308) 1GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 473.81 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	5.42% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 5 Parallax 8.1 5% 6.57 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 8 6% 6.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.42% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 828GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 886 985 988 1006 999 952 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,124 Write 994 Mixed 1,014 SusWrite 969 231% 1,026 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 51.6 174% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 349 259% 344 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 623%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 110GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.9 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 241 Write 4.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 4.6 47% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 86% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]123(F/Y/R 4x8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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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 $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16