Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 11:20
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 62.4 2-Core 109 54% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 382 36% 296 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22D0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1290 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 79.2 52% 70.4 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 61 Splatting 55.5 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 480GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 247GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 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 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 128 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4269 (AA) Unknown 100 100 452 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 3421 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 507	63.1% Good	Read 482 Write 318 Mixed 333 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 10.3 62% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 48.5 61% 110 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 99%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 119GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4469512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 39522289061510 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 726 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 57 42953408541 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4469512 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4469512 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4469512 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1015 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2883 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2883 (F2) Unknown 0 0 416	62.1% Good	Read 471 Write 154 Mixed 240 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 16.7 89% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 39.4 65% 127 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 82%
Asrock RAM Disk 0GB 0GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69707768 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 55 128925622514 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 981 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 270 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032838 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 42 86421405727 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 736 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25238 (C2) HDA temperature 31 58 42949672991 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 112 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 112 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31941671776221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7735381184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10488836263	97.6% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 157 Mixed 154 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.09 51% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 77%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $125	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