Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	94.5% 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	93.9% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '20 at 15:59
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 151 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 454 43% 357 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3520 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 114 97% 118 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 105 Splatting 89.7 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 312 285 289 289 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 418 Mixed 366 SusWrite 289 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 45.1 150% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 102 116% 199 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 94%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$39 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 113GB free Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 139 140 140 140 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 987 Write 165 Mixed 681 SusWrite 151 109% 496 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 67.5 224% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 310 247% 347 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 165%
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 20GB free Firmware: Q0526A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 464 Write 399 Mixed 366 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 45.9 152% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 102 119% 205 MB/s
Poor: 25% Great: 94%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 103 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 562GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 156 156 156 154 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 159 Write 145 Mixed 102 SusWrite 154 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1866 CL10 Series 24GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.3% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 58%

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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 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970A-G/3.1

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	112x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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