Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '19 at 08:34
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 78.2 2-Core 138 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 474 44% 369 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.0.3b SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 112 102 105 107 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.3% Above average	Read 270 Write 136 Mixed 186 SusWrite 105 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 26.6 111% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 112 87% 118 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 162 171 164 161 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 147 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 165 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 474GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 68 67 67 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 63 Write 70.8 Mixed 51 SusWrite 65.5 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 54%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 141GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 68 67 67 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 68.5 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 65.5 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 14.4 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 85%

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Gaming 20%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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