Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	7.89% 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	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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '18 at 21:18
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 450-$80 4,468 User benchmarks, average bench 44% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Memory 52.3 1-Core 37.5 2-Core 73.4 34% 54.4 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 112 15% 112 Pts	64-Core 106 7% 106 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 10.3 8% 9.68 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 7.7 7% 9.19 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 26 33 31 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 99 Write 81.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 46.1 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 342GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 105 104 105 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 104 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingmax FLFF65F-C8KL9 Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1600C11 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 5.8 17% 5.93 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 4.3 13% 4.5 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 16%

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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 970 Performance Builds (Compare 57 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Performance

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	20x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	12x

GPU
R7 370AMD $153Bench 21%, 39,178 samples	3x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
Savage 240GBHyperX $117Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 39%, 75 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $311

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16