Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	112% 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	112% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 18:16
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 52 2-Core 143 55% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 457 41% 346 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 176 Parallax 177 113% 164 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 178 Splatting 138 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 373 372 372 376 375 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 612 Write 555 Mixed 357 SusWrite 377 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 37.9 143% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 512 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 412 324% 449 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 155%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 477GB free Firmware: Q0927A SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 233 253 253 260 263 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 376 Write 305 Mixed 210 SusWrite 249 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 8.4 76% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 92.9 DQ Mixed 9.6 22% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 102%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 257 282 288 295 290 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 415 Mixed 423 SusWrite 281 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 50.5 165% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 29.8 87% 187 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 279 304 289 294 289 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 420 Mixed 410 SusWrite 287 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 47.5 161% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 2.9 DQ Mixed 5.5 38% 97.3 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 129%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 170 169 172 174 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 150 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 171 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 173 177 176 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 164 Mixed 87 SusWrite 174 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.1% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 11.4 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 9.4 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 87%

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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 $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 $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 $45	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