Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 17:11
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 59.9 2-Core 111 54% 85.2 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 335 33% 272 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 106 Parallax 129 80% 111 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 113 Splatting 95.7 98% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 156 77 130 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 416 Write 369 Mixed 326 SusWrite 119 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 28.3 4K Mixed 19 64% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 174 142% 204 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 97%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 105GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 148 89 90 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 412 Write 129 Mixed 278 SusWrite 132 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 21.7 86% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 165 142% 208 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 3,657 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 13 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.8 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 83%

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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 20%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $178	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