Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.8% 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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '18 at 00:24
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 144 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 434 41% 341 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1475 MHz, MLim: 2220 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 74.4 Parallax 97.3 64% 83.5 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 80.9 Splatting 62.1 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN 25SATA01M 240 240GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1111A SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 408 404 396 402 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 397 Mixed 339 SusWrite 388 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 37.8 123% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 206 163% 227 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 89%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 14GB free Firmware: SBFA12.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 106 102 100 82 71 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.9% Average	Read 208 Write 163 Mixed 180 SusWrite 123 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 26 95% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 48.2 DQ Mixed 27.4 24% 34.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$69 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 647GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 97 98 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 99 Write 97 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 97.8 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3P1600LV2G OCZ3P1600LV2G OCZ3P1600LV2G F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 14GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 12.6 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 49%

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

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Typical 970M Pro3 Builds (Compare 844 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	92x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	51x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	35x
NMUD380D81-1600C 1x8GBUnknownBench 28%, 485 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 $39	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