Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 04:12
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 119 57% 90.1 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 337 34% 277 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 122 65% 86.9 fps	MRender 58.9 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 75.4 62% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.04V03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 72 65 78 79 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 27.1 Write 76.8 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 71.9 38% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 169% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 815GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 172 173 176 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 164 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 174 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 2x4GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.8% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 11.7 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical 970M Pro3 Builds (Compare 843 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	92x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	51x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	35x
NMUD380D81-1600C 1x8GBUnknownBench 28%, 485 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

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 $15	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