Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.2% 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	146% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 18:32
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 56.6 2-Core 113 58% 88.5 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 328 35% 278 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 360 1,727 User benchmarks, average bench 21% XFX(1682 7360) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 30 Parallax 32.1 22% 29.6 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 31.6 23% 28 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 626 301 305 306 307 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 856 Write 741 Mixed 654 SusWrite 442 151% 673 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 57.2 227% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 286 231% 334 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 280%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 189 193 192 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 195 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 192 108% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 11GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 122 128 127 126 127 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 105 Write 78 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 124 60% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 3,851 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.7 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical 970 Performance Builds (Compare 57 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Performance

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	20x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	12x

GPU
R7 370AMD $153Bench 21%, 39,178 samples	3x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 39%, 75 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $311

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 $508	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16