Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	117% 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	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '19 at 23:30
Run Duration	342 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 148 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 483 48% 392 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 186 Parallax 190 126% 177 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 176 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 270 265 267 260 271 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 385 Mixed 345 SusWrite 278 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 44.6 150% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 175 144% 206 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 903GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 395 399 428 421 422 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 414 Mixed 380 SusWrite 405 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 48.8 159% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 53.7 63% 101 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 133%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 80GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 59 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 71 Write 69.7 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 59.8 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 65%

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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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Total price: $269

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 $179	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