Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.9% 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	191% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 15:26
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 83.5 2-Core 162 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 436 46% 370 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 48.1 Parallax 16.7 42% 38.6 fps	MRender 41.8 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 39.4 34% 41.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 298GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 201GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 316 Write 275 Mixed 267 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 1.22 11% 5.08 MB/s	DQ Read 6.35 DQ Write 13.2 DQ Mixed 3.15 4% 7.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 33%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,526 Write 1,085 Mixed 1,160 279% 1,257 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 40.5 179% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 101 110% 186 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 236%
Asrock RAM Disk 2GB 2GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205635232 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3283407 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2375 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 66 353566741 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33020 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 60129542165 (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 88978837475215 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4878735008 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7589520411	97.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 169 Mixed 129 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 834GB free Firmware: SD15 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 101 Mixed 79.5 69% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.47 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 389GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 792 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 12911199617 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5370 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 4295032913 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 77 55 387252247 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6865 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 64424509463 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 3 792 (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 114967684599259 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2918682456 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1394472542	49.1% Average	Read 87.7 Write 81.4 Mixed 76 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 7.13 4K Mixed 0.56 227% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 75%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 61GB free Firmware: 04.04V05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 197 3041 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4034 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1004 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4492 (C2) HDA temperature 124 96 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.5% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 99.6 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.73 175% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 16 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 88%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Performance

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	20x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 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 $117Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16