Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% 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	89.8% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 04:11
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 147 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 486 45% 377 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 96 91% 107 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 198GB free Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 52 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1159 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 484 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9715 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1824 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 484 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2428 (F1) Unknown 100 100 41529 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34389	88.8% Excellent	Read 452 Write 400 Mixed 432 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 34.2 121% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 71.9 88% 155 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 104%
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 203 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 14590 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1920 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1220 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19534 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38883	89.8% Excellent	Read 487 Write 434 Mixed 433 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 32 116% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 83 90% 151 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 111%
Plextor M6 Pro 128GB-$161 708 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 40GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 917 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2048 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 64 (AE) Unknown 100 100 982 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 65893 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 832 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 424 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 982 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8236 (F1) Unknown 100 100 179647 (F2) Unknown 100 100 383632	80% Very good	Read 485 Write 311 Mixed 373 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 29.2 106% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 85 95% 161 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 103%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 145 145 21502886252 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 371 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 176094642213 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92.7% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 160 Mixed 133 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 893GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 102979494 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1629 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8241609 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1155 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 572588066 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1648 (C2) HDA temperature 34 13 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 102979494 (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 126555506348087 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5020600879 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2769812341	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 172 Mixed 131 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB DDR3-2400 CL11 4GB DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	92x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	51x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	35x
NMUD380D81-1600C 1x8GBUnknownBench 28%, 485 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x

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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16