Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '19 at 10:01
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 134 61% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 419 40% 328 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.3 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 98.4 63% 85.3 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 62.8 58% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 21 23 18 18 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 16.5 Write 44 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 21.4 18% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0 13% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 54%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 456GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 134 133 135 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 134 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 134 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 69%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB 709 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 43 47 53 60 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 16.7 Write 39.2 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 50.7 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.3 126% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 62%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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