Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.6% 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	172% 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

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 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '17 at 14:44
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 77 2-Core 150 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 430 44% 356 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 43 Parallax 41.5 37% 43.2 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 35.3 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 277GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 209GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 291 Write 207 Mixed 200 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 1.69 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 1.11 11% 5.07 MB/s	DQ Read 5.49 DQ Write 13.9 DQ Mixed 3.46 4% 7.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 35%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 190GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,326 Write 1,012 Mixed 1,053 251% 1,130 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 47.9 150% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 103 99% 158 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 219%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,343 Write 976 Mixed 1,015 247% 1,111 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 38.4 164% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 87.9 96% 164 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 236%
Asrock RAM Disk 3GB 3GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94156904 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3270 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3434792 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2418 (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 75 66 454623257 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33442 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 60129542169 (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 13443247640477 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4921022968 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7733696864	88.8% Excellent	Read 157 Write 153 Mixed 102 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 834GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 207555977 (03) Spinup time 91 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 57 56 1288646572126 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 72 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6932 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 72 236226936913 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 488374301 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 12 207555977 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 157 521	56.5% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 97.2 Mixed 83.6 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.44 96% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.5% 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 way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 168 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 12911322974 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5413 (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 72 55 471466012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2824 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6909 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 3 168 (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 -121521804653065 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2932044518 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1422009268	45.3% Average	Read 81.8 Write 74.3 Mixed 45.5 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 6.51 4K Mixed 0.48 202% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 75%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 86GB free Firmware: 04.04V05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 197 3025 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4481 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4077 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1032 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4536 (C2) HDA temperature 120 96 27 (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	67.3% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 67.3% 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)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 21.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 15 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.2% 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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