Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 22:30
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 78.1 2-Core 138 61% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 490 45% 376 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.1% 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: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 69.9 64% 76.2 fps	MRender 75.7 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 76.9 62% 75.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
R580 240GB 240GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 210GB free Firmware: Q0510A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^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 1832 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 665 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 99 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 33005 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 52 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1754 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 400 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28870 (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 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 173844 (F2) Unknown 100 100 236079 (F5) Unknown 100 100 125499	75.9% Very good	Read 483 Write 408 Mixed 427 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 6.15 88% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 7.56 49% 112 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 83%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3048 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 968 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5755409270918 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (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 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 491 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 46 231928234024 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3122469995223 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3681 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11205 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6619 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6352 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	40.1% Average	Read 401 Write 69.5 Mixed 182 47% 218 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 3.48 63% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 1 17% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 78%
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 (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 54 65540 (02) Throughput performance 132 100 111 (03) Spinup time 128 100 21492990268 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5450 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 40 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3531 (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 3773 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 75 59 421068825 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5563 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5563 (C2) HDA temperature 240 146 176094445593 (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	63.1% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 124 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.46 108% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 76%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 25.4 Write 9.12 Mixed 12.9 17% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.69 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.53 141% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 17%

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 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 77%

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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 $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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Total price: $269

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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