Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 10:59
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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, 4 threads Base clock 5 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 86.7 2-Core 174 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 343 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 80.9 Parallax 77.4 66% 79.6 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 76.8 62% 75 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 105GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2490 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 711 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3217060202295 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 122 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 316 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 46 231928234018 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2641431102055 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3358 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9298 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5646 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5466 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.1% Good	Read 409 Write 345 Mixed 325 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 4.41 73% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 4.48 19% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 78%
R580 240GB 240GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0510A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1219 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 408 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24516 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 63 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1404 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 226 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 27779 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 129381 (F2) Unknown 100 100 179757 (F5) Unknown 100 100 91278	64.8% Good	Read 479 Write 378 Mixed 315 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 4.92 73% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 3.81 17% 36.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 698GB free Firmware: JP3OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 54 15 (02) Throughput performance 134 100 103 (03) Spinup time 137 100 21495480556 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 40 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3274 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 64 3622 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 437911578 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4716 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4716 (C2) HDA temperature 230 146 176094445594 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 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	69.8% Good	Read 124 Write 119 Mixed 116 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.44 95% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 17.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 77%

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

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Desktop 68%

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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 $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x

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 $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 $40	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