Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	19.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 05:45
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 78.9 2-Core 154 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 461 45% 369 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 184 Parallax 199 107% 171 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 187 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
IPS325M1ZMC012000 127GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0219B Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 465 Write 268 Mixed 259 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 27.9 105% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 95.4 77% 113 MB/s
Poor: 70% Great: 87%
Intel S3500 Series 480GB-$151 1,069 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 366GB free Firmware: D2010370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 401 408 418 398 377 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 339 Write 399 Mixed 279 SusWrite 397 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 31.9 112% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 213 168% 233 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 98%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1GB free Firmware: Q0125A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 66.5 Write 132 Mixed 118 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 21.6 4K Mixed 12.6 41% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 64.8 DQ Mixed 37.1 31% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 393GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 131 128 98 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 146 Write 152 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 102 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 72%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970A-G/3.1

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	112x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x

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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $269

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