Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 14:59
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8350-$90 128,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	SC Int 82.9 SC Float 70.3 SC Mixed 73.7 61% 75.6 Pts	QC Int 317 QC Float 259 QC Mixed 297 66% 291 Pts	MC Int 493 MC Float 423 MC Mixed 483 70% 467 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$280 88,646 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Lighting 203 Reflection 177 Parallax 293 73% 224 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 194 Splatting 129 67% 155 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$72 10,753 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9612 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1625 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 328 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2424898 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 413 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 6 (E7) Temperature 100 100 63 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11228	52.3% Above average	Read 382 Write 275 Mixed 271 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 8.52 66% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 38.9 DQ Mixed 10.3 14% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 95%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 11,444 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 638GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 89 2474 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2200 (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 100 100 898 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 132 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864118294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2858 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 340 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19110	54.9% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 95.9 Mixed 93.9 72% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$59 62,924 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 407GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229553304 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12523532 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 78 59 420741142 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21136 (C2) HDA temperature 22 41 51539607574 (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 96447785600306 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8948816763 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29702170734	69.7% Good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 127 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 12,106 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	42.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $90Bench 55%, 128,445 samples	711x
FX-6300AMD $65Bench 46%, 87,231 samples	708x
FX-8320AMD $90Bench 50%, 49,317 samples	279x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 39%, 160,775 samples	263x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 71%, 284,801 samples	195x
RX 480AMD $280Bench 63%, 88,646 samples	189x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $85Bench 105%, 289,462 samples	145x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $55Bench 54%, 120,689 samples	115x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $44Bench 57%, 24,833 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 49%, 16,720 samples	96x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 29,975 samples	90x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 17,789 samples	70x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $340	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $175	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $121
Intel Core i5-8600K $239	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $160	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $951	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $219	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12