Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB 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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 01:02
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 79.2 1-Core 56.2 2-Core 110 52% 81.7 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 312 31% 253 Pts	64-Core 332 20% 332 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 31 Parallax 37.8 33% 36.2 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 38 Splatting 36.5 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 33%
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Device(1545 5770) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 817GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 173 3808 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1756 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1655 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 37 (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 68 1024 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69% Good	Read 138 Write 102 Mixed 116 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.46 118% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 76%
Apple HDD ST1000LM024 1TB 827 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 697GB free Firmware: 2AR20008 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 746 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3105 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4160 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6944 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 280 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3352 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 705822755 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 126 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 280 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 467236 (FE) Unknown 252 252 4294967296	43.6% Average	Read 75.6 Write 76.2 Mixed 72 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 293GB free Firmware: AX002M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1078 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1809 (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 96 96 1791 (0A) Spinup retry count 136 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1236 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12253 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13007 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044380707 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 954 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 255 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	52.9% Above average	Read 92.1 Write 92.3 Mixed 44.5 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212572896 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5414 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 491898304 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5457 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 639041574 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 68719476774 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 36 212572896 (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 -122827474687812 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1015946937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 219793863	53.5% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 95.3 Mixed 80.7 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-1600-MR Kingston HP497157-C01-ELDW 08G-D3-1600-MR BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 18GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 35%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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 $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