Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	136% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '20 at 10:26
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 81.2 1-Core 45.1 2-Core 71.1 45% 65.8 Pts	4-Core 115 8-Core 185 18% 150 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% MSI(1462 2821) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.1% Below average	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 37.6 Parallax 48.4 31% 41.2 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 44.4 Splatting 35.7 35% 43.7 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 764 779 813 820 827 826 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1078 Write 870 Mixed 901 SusWrite 805 205% 913 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 35 118% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 174 128% 169 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 355%
JMicron Tech 256GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 238GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 216 214 258 231 236 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 265 Mixed 116 SusWrite 225 268% 188 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 17.5 1,330% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 27.7 DQ Mixed 22.9 1,798% 23.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 354%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 13.2 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 9 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 86%

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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 970M Pro3 Builds (Compare 843 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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