Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	142% 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	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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '20 at 17:41
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 142 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 479 46% 378 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 31.7 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 35.2 24% 28.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 710 245 254 244 255 248 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 961 Write 1,085 Mixed 949 SusWrite 326 187% 830 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62.6 202% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 473 347% 458 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 223%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 36GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 203 203 204 205 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 469 Write 201 Mixed 228 SusWrite 202 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 16.3 106% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 30.1 73% 154 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 72%
Ct240bx5 0 240GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 67GB free Firmware: M6C SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 320 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 500 Write 431 Mixed 408 SusWrite 169 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 30.9 136% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 50.9 90% 177 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - $18

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	193x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	191x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	33x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $152

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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