Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 22:15
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Memory 68.8 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 123 52% 85.9 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 289 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 91.4 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 65.3 74% 78.6 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 79 Splatting 77 62% 75.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 92 56 93 100 107 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 113 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 85.8 63% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 118 121 120 117 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 118 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 718GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 180 185 192 190 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 175 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 186 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 5.9 15% 5.33 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 48%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970A-G/3.1

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	112x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	80x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 27%, 2,515 samples	34x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	20x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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