Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	110% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	22.8 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 27 '20 at 01:00
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 140 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 455 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.3% 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: 456.38 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.8 93% 106 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 105 Splatting 89.8 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$39 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 138 136 146 140 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 1,038 Write 487 Mixed 614 SusWrite 150 126% 572 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 42.2 164% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 108 106% 167 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 165%
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 167GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 310 289 291 291 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 415 Mixed 369 SusWrite 292 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 45.9 152% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 104 120% 208 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 94%
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 21GB free Firmware: Q0526A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 411 Mixed 364 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 46.1 153% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 102 120% 207 MB/s
Poor: 25% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 562GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 155 155 156 154 155 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 153 Write 146 Mixed 109 SusWrite 153 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 296GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 104 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.7 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 103 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 55%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x

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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16