Asrock 970 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141024
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 131 58% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 425 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2122 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 112 90% 114 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 105 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 50 51 51 49 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.6% Average	Read 214 Write 83.5 Mixed 150 SusWrite 50.7 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 30.3 100% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 79.1 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 97.4 75% 100 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 75%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 409 Write 249 Mixed 252 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 44.1 151% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 261 193% 256 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 94%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 0GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 10 Write 11.3 Mixed 9 8% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4GB free Firmware: CC26 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 177 Write 120 Mixed 83.8 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 45.8 Write 90 Mixed 53.7 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1GB free Firmware: CC32 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 94.3 Write 83 Mixed 66.2 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 75%
WDC WD10 SPZX-08Z10 1TB 1GB free, PID 9561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 29.5 Write 64.5 Mixed 32.2 58% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.67 MB/s

BUFFALO External HDD 320GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1GB free, PID 0105 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 30.7 Write 30 Mixed 25 36% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 21%
WDC WD10 EADS-00L5B1 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2GB free, PID 9561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 36.8 Write 49.8 Mixed 32.8 52% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16