Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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.
Boot Drive	157% 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	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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '19 at 05:31
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 140 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 389 42% 337 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2182) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 162 Parallax 175 127% 164 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 148 Splatting 107 115% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 315 303 297 293 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,339 Write 1,080 Mixed 608 SusWrite 342 187% 842 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.4 199% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 523 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 465 353% 475 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB-$380 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 342 345 348 350 351 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 374 Write 390 Mixed 339 SusWrite 345 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 42 136% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 52.3 43% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 133%
Adata Ultimate SU800 2TB-$668 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 723GB free Firmware: R0427A SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 391 391 397 397 398 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 445 Mixed 395 SusWrite 391 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 48.8 158% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 232 177% 240 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 127%
Adata Ultimate SU800 2TB-$668 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 1TB free Firmware: R0427A SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 390 392 396 398 399 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 442 Mixed 394 SusWrite 392 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 47.9 157% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 232 177% 239 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 49%

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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 $175Bench 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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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 $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