Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	50.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	4.2 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 07 '17 at 20:33
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 60.2 2-Core 106 51% 80.7 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 370 35% 292 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.6% 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: 17.3.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 78.4 52% 69.4 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 54.5 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 480GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 231GB 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 100 100 191 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4269 (AA) Unknown 100 100 452 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131088 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 243 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 3421 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 569	65% Good	Read 487 Write 319 Mixed 330 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 10.1 69% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 47.6 60% 109 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% 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 way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4221531 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -94214402601284 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 777 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 745 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 57 42953408538 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4221531 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4221531 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4221531 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1030 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2896 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2896 (F2) Unknown 0 0 428	59.1% Above average	Read 472 Write 144 Mixed 207 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 16 84% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 45.2 63% 116 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 82%
Asrock RAM Disk 0GB 0GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173672688 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 55 128928695894 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1020 (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 72 42 86370615324 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 771 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25301 (C2) HDA temperature 28 58 42949672988 (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 134578505257055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8004700990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10948328871	83% Excellent	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 143 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83% 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	33.1% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 10.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.3 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 77%

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

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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