Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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 (48%). 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 09:46
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 130 58% 94.3 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 404 39% 320 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 50.7 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 42.1 41% 46.8 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB 30,266 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 367 357 364 370 369 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 702 Write 579 Mixed 565 SusWrite 369 124% 554 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 48.8 162% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 65.8 90% 154 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 164%
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 236GB free Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 424 421 433 434 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 434 Mixed 324 SusWrite 421 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 41.8 139% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 162 129% 178 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 537GB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 451GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 199 171 155 132 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 463 Write 343 Mixed 170 SusWrite 189 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 26.4 104% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 64.7 70% 111 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 127%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 190 190 187 190 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 174 Write 186 Mixed 118 SusWrite 189 227% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.5 228% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-074.A00LF ASU16D3LU1KFG/8G 9905471-074.A00LF ASU16D3LU1KFG/8G 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.3 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 59%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $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