Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '19 at 21:03
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 52.8 2-Core 104 51% 79.4 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 206 27% 201 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 22B0) 2GB CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 880 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.10.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 8.97 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 11.3 7% 10.4 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 8 Splatting 9.43 7% 8.43 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 683 710 698 717 645 509 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 863 Write 750 Mixed 472 SusWrite 660 154% 686 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 24.9 85% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 100 141% 260 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 159%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 420GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 128 130 128 129 130 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 131 Mixed 28 SusWrite 126 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 103%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 116GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 71 72 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 70.4 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 71.8 88% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 41%
pny USB 2.0 FD 16GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 12GB free, PID 005d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 19.3 13% 19.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 31% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 CT102464BA160B.16F 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.8% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 9.3 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 30%

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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 $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 $76Bench 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $265

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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