Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '20 at 15:51
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 131 60% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 354 36% 294 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 113 91% 113 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 103 Splatting 96.4 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 248 249 248 234 226 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 387 Write 279 Mixed 242 SusWrite 243 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 28.2 103% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 186 154% 221 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 124%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free Firmware: Z320 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 31 84 57 121 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 311 Write 326 Mixed 305 SusWrite 88.9 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 12.7 65% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 28.2 69% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 86%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 226GB free Firmware: JA0OA480 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 65 64 66 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 88.2 Write 81 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 64.5 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 57%
Hitachi HTS 721010A9E630 1TB 1,664 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 752GB free Firmware: JB0O SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 124 124 125 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 131 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 124 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.2 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970A-G/3.1

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	112x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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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Total price: $269

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