Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 18:32
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 80 2-Core 159 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 479 45% 376 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2530 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 120 Parallax 153 56% 114 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 143 Splatting 116 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 28 30 21 19 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 464 Write 369 Mixed 356 SusWrite 50.5 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 48.3 162% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 186 158% 231 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 118%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 137GB free Firmware: 2BA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 96 95 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 82.5 Write 65 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 95.5 53% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 808GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 194 199 194 196 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 122 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 195 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 445GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 98 97 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 90.5 Mixed 71 SusWrite 97.7 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 16.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	92x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	51x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	35x
NMUD380D81-1600C 1x8GBUnknownBench 28%, 485 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16