Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131002
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 22:38
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (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-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 152 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 471 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 49.8 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 66.5 41% 50.2 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 43.3 35% 42.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 187 151 160 178 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 497 Write 444 Mixed 380 SusWrite 208 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 38.3 137% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 147 114% 162 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2GB free Firmware: CC45 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 164 Write 140 Mixed 72 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 53GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 126 129 131 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 114 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 126 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 87%
BUFFALO HD-PCU2 500GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 52GB free, PID 01d9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 24.7 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 24.7 32% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL10-11-11 D3-2133 2x4GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - $18

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	193x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	191x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	33x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $152

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16