Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '20 at 23:03
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (96^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 68.3 2-Core 131 61% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 390 38% 313 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 111 Parallax 110 80% 107 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 0.07 Splatting 83.9 58% 71 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 171 107 85 41 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 413 Write 367 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 120 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 26.5 4K Mixed 17.9 63% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 103 78% 105 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 88%
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 24GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 279 294 341 338 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 443 Write 390 Mixed 378 SusWrite 273 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 22.7 73% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 114 85% 112 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 481GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 85 98 98 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 157 Write 156 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 91.4 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 198 198 198 197 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 147 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 196 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 6TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 161 168 177 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 136 Write 154 Mixed 101 SusWrite 169 193% 140 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 175% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 71%

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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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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