Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.3% 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	189% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 19:52
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	76.2% Very good	Memory 97.4 1-Core 86 2-Core 165 71% 116 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 389 45% 348 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.3% Poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 48 Parallax 42.1 19% 37.9 fps	MRender 42 Gravity 43.8 Splatting 39.6 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 277GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 213GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 356 Write 274 Mixed 269 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 1.53 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 1.45 11% 5.38 MB/s	DQ Read 5.66 DQ Write 13.9 DQ Mixed 2.73 4% 7.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 194GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,470 Write 930 Mixed 1,187 265% 1,196 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 53.8 169% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 121 116% 185 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 219%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,507 Write 1,082 Mixed 1,125 275% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 38.2 175% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 106 114% 193 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 236%
Asrock RAM Disk 3GB 3GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 100 3589832 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2804 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 77 387186711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 85899345943 (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 114533892882432 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3031830 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2135731	115% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 186 Mixed 120 129% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
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 (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110617744 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3557561 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2458 (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 77 66 387186711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34011 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 60129542167 (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 69857643073524 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5031374672 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7922169313	94% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 161 Mixed 90.3 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.18 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 755GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 138700193 (03) Spinup time 91 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 57 56 1305827559241 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 72 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6972 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 72 236226936914 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 437649434 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 55834574874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 12 138700193 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 157 521	59.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 99.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.45 104% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 332GB 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 100 99 1456 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6394 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 12911756778 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5453 (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 75 55 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2827 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6950 (C2) HDA temperature 25 45 64424509465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 3 1456 (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 -78984448553317 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3109089374 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1450745898	45.4% Average	Read 82 Write 74.2 Mixed 64 55% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.84 4K Mixed 0.7 233% 2.74 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 75%

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 (44^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 21.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 15.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60% 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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