Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 23:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 130 59% 94.8 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 420 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 50.2 Parallax 55.6 38% 50.8 fps	MRender 51.6 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 38.3 35% 44 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 32GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 200 205 205 205 201 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 401 Write 205 Mixed 176 SusWrite 202 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 8.6 80% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 9.3 23% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 78%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 95 80 94 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 89.6 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%
WD WD7501AAES-60Z2A0 750GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 695GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 117 117 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 111 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 116 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 872GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 97 98 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 118 Write 103 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 97.2 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G F3-14900CL9-4GBXL F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.1% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 51%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970A-G/3.1

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	112x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16