Asrock 970 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141024
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 22:37
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	46% Average	Memory 61.7 1-Core 62.3 2-Core 120 48% 81.3 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 171 24% 174 Pts	64-Core 130 8% 130 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83BE) 1GB CLim: 910 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 9.59 9% 11.3 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 15.4 12% 14.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 586GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 310 241 217 163 175 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 436 Write 404 Mixed 310 SusWrite 239 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 35.6 124% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 194 161% 232 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 459GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 125 124 125 129 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 120 Mixed 76 SusWrite 125 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04E99927-15 4GBH2X02F9B927-165 4GBH1X04E99927-15 4GBH2X02F9B927-165 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.8% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 14.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.8 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 123 33% 123 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical 970 Pro3 Builds (Compare 74 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 - $18

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	11x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	11x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	5x
HD 7770AMDBench 12%, 38,053 samples	4x

SSD
SSDPR-CX400-512-G2 512GBBench 78%, 3,021 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	2x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $207

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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