Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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. 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '19 at 21:23
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 58.4 2-Core 129 58% 93 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 384 37% 305 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.3% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 121 Parallax 101 63% 99.6 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 97.2 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 512GB 4,212 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427A SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 308 335 371 343 383 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 385 Mixed 388 SusWrite 330 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 42.7 135% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 230 178% 243 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 121%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$113 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 953GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 304 330 363 336 374 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 467 Write 368 Mixed 357 SusWrite 325 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 35.8 119% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 215 159% 208 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 126%
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 8,185 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 150GB free Firmware: V9001b31 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 394 435 480 444 496 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1160 Write 500 Mixed 586 SusWrite 425 148% 668 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 42.6 146% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 420 291% 356 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 297%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 136GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 15 17 15 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 29 Write 26 Mixed 23 SusWrite 15.9 31% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 103%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 15 17 15 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 30 Write 26 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 16 32% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.1 172% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 72%

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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 $57Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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