Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 04:36
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 92.8 46% 71.5 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 268 28% 227 Pts	64-Core 269 17% 269 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% PNY(196E 100A) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 65.9 Parallax 92.8 56% 75.6 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 75 Splatting 49.4 53% 67.3 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 89 113903328 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47482325 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1200 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 17768382499 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45441 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 -140737488355293 (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 64630667896195 (F1) Unknown 100 253 69454243564 (F2) Unknown 100 253 243370757669	95.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 170 Mixed 143 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.35 99% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 58GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 65 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 98 (03) Spinup time 131 100 25789202715 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2315 (05) Reallocated sector count 36 27 87885117 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2295 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 89 89 786431 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 257 (BC) Unknown 100 74 5245471 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 354877478 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2933 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2933 (C2) HDA temperature 157 117 236223725606 (C4) Reallocation count 36 36 1341 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 59 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 91 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 79.8 Mixed 66.1 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	30% Poor	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 12 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 6.5 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 68%

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Gaming 20%

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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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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