Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.5% 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	175% 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.

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 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 18:54
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 (99^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 96.3 1-Core 78 2-Core 151 67% 108 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 463 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.4 80% 103 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 101 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 277GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 202GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 325 Write 231 Mixed 258 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 1.42 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 1.36 10% 4.97 MB/s	DQ Read 6.09 DQ Write 12.4 DQ Mixed 2.74 4% 7.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 35%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 199GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,375 Write 902 Mixed 1,082 248% 1,119 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 48.5 151% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 110 108% 174 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 219%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,390 Write 992 Mixed 1,026 252% 1,136 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 36 164% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 96.5 103% 174 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 236%
Asrock RAM Disk 3GB 3GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5988336 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 47670 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (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 71 68 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 511 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 60129542173 (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 12605729013847 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3320259150 (F2) Unknown 100 253 212503640	90.2% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 160 Mixed 107 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 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 120 99 238112 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3614164 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2503 (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 73 66 471531547 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34510 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (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 -23592255352746 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5076465673 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11234727819	88.6% Excellent	Read 155 Write 154 Mixed 88.4 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 668GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 224509208 (03) Spinup time 92 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8518 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 57 56 1327303500801 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 73 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7017 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 72 236226936917 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 12 224509208 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 157 521	52% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 88.1 Mixed 89 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.43 98% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 332GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 2048 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6439 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 12911871062 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5498 (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 71 55 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2831 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6995 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 3 2048 (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 -60142427025604 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3124608940 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2907204784	42.7% Average	Read 75.7 Write 71.5 Mixed 66.7 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 6.03 4K Mixed 0.64 211% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.7% 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 (42^nd percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 25 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 20.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 15 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 88%

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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 $129Bench 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 $38Bench 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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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