Asrock 970 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.16% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141024
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 15:06
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 78.8 1-Core 47.6 2-Core 95.5 48% 74 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 190 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 2285) 2GB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	7.16% Terrible	Lighting 9 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 13 7% 10.7 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 9.13 7% 8.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.16% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 59 64 66 65 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 354 Write 314 Mixed 284 SusWrite 101 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 25.4 100% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 68.7 DQ Mixed 35.1 32% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 116 119 116 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 117 70% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 88%
Maxtor STM380211AS 80GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 74GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 71 69 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 11.5 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 69 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 40%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 211GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 73 71 75 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 68.5 Write 58.5 Mixed 34 SusWrite 71.7 42% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLFF65F-C8KM9 FLFF65F-C8KM9 PSD34G13332 PSD34G13332 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.7% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 9.2 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.4 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 44%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 - $18

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	11x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	11x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	5x
HD 7770AMDBench 12%, 38,053 samples	4x

SSD
SSDPR-CX400-512-G2 512GBBench 78%, 3,021 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	2x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $207

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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