Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 17:05
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 75.9 2-Core 126 60% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 439 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8656) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 67.3 61% 73.1 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 72.5 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i 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 225 Write 126 Mixed 200 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 34.3 136% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 133 101% 138 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 15GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 63 66 62 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 44.8 Write 27.2 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 64 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 43%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB-$71 14,401 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 376GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 83 84 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 89.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 83.4 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 73%

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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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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - $18

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	193x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	191x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	33x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $152

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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