Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.6% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '16 at 18:42
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 81.2 2-Core 146 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 503 47% 394 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 88% 109 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 198GB free Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 403 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9059 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1824 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 403 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2264 (F1) Unknown 100 100 41533 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34390	89.1% Excellent	Read 458 Write 402 Mixed 432 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 33.8 121% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 69 87% 155 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 104%
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 405 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10301 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1920 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1223 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19575 (F2) Unknown 100 100 39189	88.6% Excellent	Read 481 Write 432 Mixed 465 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 30.5 112% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 76.7 89% 153 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 111%
Plextor M6 Pro 128GB-$161 708 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 41GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 900 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1844 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 61 (AE) Unknown 100 100 901 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 63025 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 832 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 424 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 901 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7878 (F1) Unknown 100 100 179648 (F2) Unknown 100 100 383620	82% Excellent	Read 488 Write 312 Mixed 373 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 31 113% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 80.7 92% 156 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 103%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 133 133 21503082926 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 176094773285 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	100% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 182 Mixed 120 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 923GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 147603608 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7411059 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 951 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 43 589365283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1415 (C2) HDA temperature 35 13 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 147603608 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13546326848211 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4697220082 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2394073880	107% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 182 Mixed 129 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 14.4 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

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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%

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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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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16